Plasma antennas can be made smaller than traditional antennas. The PSiAN should come to market in a few years. Let's hope so, for the sake of time. via New Scientist and Popular Science.

Plasma antennas represent a transformative approach in the manipulation and propagation of electromagnetic waves. By utilising ionised gases instead of traditional metallic elements, ...

The antenna sits extremely close to the plasma boundary, only one half centimeter (0.2 inches) away from the plasma that is 44 centimeters across. This close operation requires robust engineering ...

Antennas that use plasma to focus beams of radio waves could bring multi-gigabit wireless networks The Wi-Gig standard is expected to go up to between 1 and 7 gigabits per second – fast enough to ...

Antennas that use plasma to focus beams of radio waves could bring us superfast wireless networks. BEFORE you leave for work in the morning, your smartphone downloads the latest episode of a ...

Plasma antennas disappear when shut off. Skip to main content. Scientific American. February 1, 2008. 3 min read. Aerial Stealth. Plasma antennas disappear when shut off. By Steven Ashley.

A radio antenna made of electrified gas could lead to stealthy, jamming-resistant transmitters, research now reveals. Electrified gas, or plasma, makes up stars and lightning and is what sheds ...

Heating plasma to the ultra-high temperatures needed for fusion reactions requires more than turning the dial on a thermostat ...

The antenna sits extremely close to the plasma boundary, only one half centimeter (0.2 inches) away from the plasma that is 44 centimeters across.

image: The shoelace antenna is a novel structure developed at MIT's Alcator C-Mod tokamak to drive short-wavelength fluctuations at the plasma boundary.