December 6, 2024

This Week in Amateur Radio

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Cornell microchip designers inspire students with ‘fox hunt’ (New York)

Searching through bushes, between rocks, under benches and near trees, 15 local high school students and 10 undergraduates combed Cornell’s campus in search of hidden transmitters as part of a digital ‘fox hunt’ on Oct. 5.

Wondering how he could encourage students to consider microchip design as a career, Mohamed I. Ibrahim, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, decided to try a fox hunt competition, in which teams of students working together tried to find 10 hidden transmitters using handheld spectrum analyzers provided by electronics and software company Keysight Technologies.

Read more – Cornell Chronicle: https://bit.ly/40DrnFY