Teenager invents low-frequency radio for underground communications
By Vlad Savov 
posted February 1st 2010 6:11AM
posted February 1st 2010 6:11AM
posted February 1st 2010 6:11AM
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@impulsive2urge Maybe this'll mean somethin' ter you youngsters, but goes right over MY mid-twenties brain:
qq moar
@theskill
apparently the 'skill' isn't intelligence. but even a complete DICKHEAD has his moments. leaving out the snarky reTHUG ideology, you might actually be onto something there dipstick.
the system/concept could have applications to scanning mountain hideouts for bad guys and subsequently hard-wiring them into a HARM/HELLFIRE missile.
i'll pass it along to the CIA.
See what we can do!
@tristansq
*sigh*
Unfortunately, I squandered the majority of my teenage years just scraping by through High School, and then meaningless activities afterwards.
I wish I would have put myself to good use doing something like this, back when my brain was still fresh... :(
@r34p3r Aye.
How's it go? Youth is waisted on the young, wisdom waisted on the elderly.
@Rod
'wasted' good sir, 'wasted'...
@tristansq
See what we've done! The Navy has had LF and ULF for years now to communicate with submerged submarines. I give this kid credit for thinking about another application for it, though (of all things, texting). Seems strange the military wouldn't have already thought of this with all the damned caves in Afghanistan... This kid is about to disappear...
@Rem DX
I lol'd @ "waisted"
@MadJoe He already has sir. That photo is a paid double. the kid is our labs as we speak perfecting the poptart, twinky and whopper
Lol
FCC is displeased.
@magallanes and I am pleased they are displeased
@nicholiservia Trust me, China isn't teaching kids how to solder in 3rd grade to teach them 'science'...
@magallanes Agreed, Does he know anything about LF radio? Did he study the part 15 FCC rules before transmission, probably not. He needs to be FCC licensed for such extreme distance experiments outside. He needs to study more LF communication theory, do regular LW DXing like everyone else, and get into LF communications equipment design not study micro organisms that kill superbugs, he is a inventor and now he needs to go take electronics engineering.
Why are you making fun of teenagers?
@maxisma Why the hell not?
@maxisma because unlike this bright young chap, teenagers are mostly annoying and does incredibly dumb things. It's got something to do with brain development, btw.
@maxisma
they keep hanging out on my damn lawn!
-jp
impressive. he deserves everything he's getting to him.
For a guy that gets awarded for creating something useful, he sure doesn't seem to be too happy about it.
@fisher - Teenagers don't do happy.
Well done to him though!
@fisher He is just trying to look cool
@fisher maybe because the phrase "ruggedize and miniaturize" is basic jargon for "militarize" and by the time the picture was taken, the design had already been essentially stolen from him? :)
@Rod Very true, plus inventors rarely look anything other than serious when being photographed with their brain child.
@fisher See FCC comment above. These are his last moments of freedom.
so now the iPad works underground as you....
@20ofdecember
As you what? as you browse some flash based sites? take some pictures with the built-in camera? use the screen keyboard while eating fried chicken with your bare hands? Pathetic.
anyway, that antenna is something interesting and non-repetitive.
Most awesome! But with the antenna's white and green, I was expecting Onion News to pop up somewhere and the kid to do a gerbil run inside of it.
@CowBell
Not quite as awesome as your avatar.
@geekthree Easy, I put my pants on like the rest of ya one leg atta time. Except...
@CowBell once your pants are on, you make gold records
I take it you carry this thing around with you on your back?
:-/
@Sean
I take it you don't know what a prototype is?
@Tes I take it your English and haven't got a clue about sarcasm
@Sean It appears collapsible and will therefore probably fit inside a moderately-sized backpack.
The most annoying part? He's not squandering all that potential on pot and ecstasy. The nerve...
There is hope for mankind... Most kids his age are pretty much a waste of skin. Nice to see our race might have enough left in em to perpetuate!
@kobioshi You must realize that those wastes of skin are going to be the ones taking care of you when you can't remember who you are or why you can't control your bowels.
That is one focused 16 year old and he deserves to go far.
I could still kick his ass though.
i say the iPad has a more stronger 3G radio
I know this kid! Except his real name is Dick Grayson and he's the ward of a rich businessman named Bruce Wayne.
I hope he remembered to patent it.
Now, little Timmy can text you from the bottom of that well.
@SewerShark
lol +1
"As you what? as you browse some flash based sites? take some pictures with the built-in camera? use the screen keyboard while eating fried chicken with your bare hands? Pathetic.
anyway, that antenna is something interesting and non-repetitive."
Unlike your comment.
Teenagers with dads who know that giving all the credit to the son/daughter will make the story more newsworthy.
Orly? Look into ELF waves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_low_frequency) used by the US military in the 60s to communicate with submerged submarines worldwide. The waves actually travelled thousands of miles through the earth's mantle.
@Dudeman
Correct. There's some speculation the same tech's being used at the HAARP facility.
@Dudeman I'm probably being really dumb here, but isn't the old ELF analog? This post says he has managed digital communications.
Sorry if i'm mistaken.
they just want attetion.. thats all.. ;)
(kidding)
i want this inside my iPad...