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To: Drew Williams who wrote (33032)	6/23/1999 9:04:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Q News> tscn.com

To: Drew Williams who wrote (33032)	6/23/1999 9:58:00 PM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 152472

Drew Williams--Why can't they just use more GaAs & gold in the hand sets and perhaps a little cryogenics in the satelites to improve handset/satelite signal/noise?? How can you point the antenna at the satelites--these are LEO's & not geostationary. JOhn G

To: Drew Williams who wrote (33032)	6/23/1999 10:16:00 PM
From: mauser96	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

The July 1999 issue of Scientific American discusses 2 subjects that should benefit cell phones . The first is ready for use now. It involves replacing the annoying and easily broken external antenna with internal antennas having a fractal design. These are supposed to be 25% more efficient than external snubs,can be protected inside the body of the phone, and unlike regular antennas operate well on multiple wavelengths. The second is miniature fuel cells to replace batteries. This is years away, but fuel cells are vastly more efficient than batteries. The article includes a table of the energetic potential of various types of batteries and fuel cells.