King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Author at 5G Technology World

A Leap Forward in Estimating Crop Water Use

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) — Fri, 03 May 2019 08:56:00 +0000

To conserve and manage fresh water, particularly in arid regions such as Saudi Arabia, it is important to understand how the water is used each day. KAUST scientists are using data gathered by shoebox-sized satellites, or CubeSats, to learn more about daily agricultural water use. An estimated 90 percent of Saudi Arabia’s freshwater supplies are…

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Aerial Imaging of Plant Heights Could Help Farmers Manage Field Crops More Effectively

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 08:56:00 +0000

Monitoring the growth patterns of crop plants provides farmers with a strong indication of potential yield, allowing them to tweak crop management to boost production. Now, KAUST researchers have demonstrated that using fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect data on vegetation height throughout the crop growth cycle provides a low-cost, simple way of monitoring…

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Tiny, Fast, Accurate Technology on the Radar

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 08:40:00 +0000

A tiny, portable radar device could allow visually impaired people, or unmanned moving devices to detect objects in real time. Radar technology has been used for decades in aviation, defense and speed-camera technology. Now, a team at KAUST, in collaboration with scientists at the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, have created a compact, low-cost…

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Robots Learn By Checking In On Team Members

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:56:38 +0000

The software and hardware needed to coordinate a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can communicate and work toward a common goal have recently been developed by KAUST researchers. “Giving UAVs more autonomy makes them an even more valuable resource,” says Mohamed Abdelkader, who worked on the project with his colleagues under the guidance…

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White Lasers Demonstrates Data Speeds of Up to 2 Gbps

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 10:26:38 +0000

A nanocrystalline material that rapidly makes white light out of blue light has been developed by KAUST researchers. While Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are now well established technologies, there are several advantages gained by shortening the wavelength of the electromagnetic waves used for transmitting information. So-called visible-light communication (VLC) makes use of parts of the electromagnetic…

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Faster Prediction of Wireless Downtime

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:41:20 +0000

As the number of mobile devices grows along with demand for faster connections and larger data volumes, wireless networks can easily exceed capacity, resulting in severe network slowdowns and outages. While engineers have developed various sophisticated signal processing methods to accommodate sudden changes in network loads, it has been challenging to evaluate and compare the…

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