Wireless but not clueless
Useful sites
HowStuffWorks, USA
How the radio spectrum works
Looks at radio frequencies, common frequency bands and frequencies for wireless technologies.
How municipal WiFi works
Explains what WiFi networks can do, and the technology behind them. Includes some pros and cons and uses for public safety.
How WiFi works
Explains how WiFi works including how home networking and routers work.
How WAP works
Explains what WAP is, why it is needed and what devices use it.
How Bluetooth works
Looks at a method called Bluetooth used to connect electronic devices.
Application areas (Australian Communications Research Network)
Summarises the current areas of communications research in Australia. Includes optical networks, internet access technology, as well as mobile, rural, satellite, wireless data, and broadband communications.
CSIRO, Australia
Creating a wireless world
Describes CSIRO research on wireless technologies, including communications, imaging, positioning and sensing, and radio astronomy.
Gigabit wireless networks
Summarises the development of new technologies for high speed wireless connectivity.
Achievements: Wireless technologies
Describes some research achievements related to wireless technologies.
WiFi windfall (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Catalyst, 8 October 2009)
Covers the Australian invention of high speed wireless networks and the legal battle over the technology.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Household use of information technology, 2004-05
Presents results from a survey of household access to computers and the Internet.
Internet activity, March 2005
Provides details of internet access by business, government and households across Australia.
The code war (Beyond Discovery, National Academy of Sciences, USA)
Includes a timeline of cryptography, how it works, the Enigma machine and quantum cryptography.
Our wireless future (Scholastic, USA)
A virtual tour of a high-tech home of the future where computers, appliances, and communication devices are all linked on the same wireless network.
Extinct technologies (Oracle ThinkQuest, USA)
Looks at future communication, television, video, DVD, audio and other technologies.
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Mobile telephone communication antennas: Are they a health hazard?
Provides information about the possible health effects of exposure to radio frequency radiation.
The mobile phone system and health effects
Provides information about exposure to radio frequency radiation from mobile phone base station antennas and mobile phones.
Page updated January 2010.