As with most revolutionary inventions, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain weren’t seeking to rewrite history. The pair of American physicists were merely aiming to improve telephone callsy developing a smaller electrical device that consumed less power than vacuum tubes. But 75 years ago, on Dec. 16, 1947, they made a breakthrough that ushered in a new era, one that revolutionized … Read More
Episode 9 of “Defense Matters” tackles the new Israeli government. Host Aron Heller speaks with Eitan Dangot, retired IDF general, former Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, and currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute of Strategy and Security. They discuss the strength of Israel’s defense structure and the new Israeli government, including the expected new Defense … Read More
Over two autumn days, in a quiet New York University campus, Nokia took a glimpse into the future – highlighting the key technologies that will define the next era of advanced wireless communications. The Brooklyn 6G Summit brought together around 250 of the most creative minds in the business for one of the most distinguished gatherings of the communications industry. … Read More
For over a hundred years, doctors have been examining our middle ear essentially the same way. They’ve seated us down, inserted an otoscope or a similarly cold metallic device into our ear canal, pressed their eye against it and started to probe. To further test our hearing, they’d sometimes play various frequencies and ask us to verbalize how they had … Read More
The second and final day of the 2022 Brooklyn 6G Summit featured panels on system architecture, operator keynotes, sustainability, new spectrum and sensing technologies and more. Our roving reporter, Aron Heller, explores the highlights. [url href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK4urLo_mP0&list=PLIVtx8STykPXHGuponmmGqGLi72uX1U14&index=6″ content=”Watch the Video” target=external]
After an action-packed first day at the Brooklyn 6G Summit, our roving reporter, Aron Heller, explores the highlights. Nokia President and CEO Pekka Lundmark’s opening keynote set the tone for a collaborative effort to build the metaverse and more. Nokia Chief Strategy and Technology Officer Nishant Batra laid out a technology vision for 2030. Industry pioneers, including NYU WIRELESS Founding … Read More
Welcome to the 2022 Brooklyn 6G Summit, one of the most distinguished events in the communications industry calendar. This event includes an opening keynote from our President and CEO Pekka Lundmark calling for a collaborative approach to the metaverse and an opening address from Nokia Chief Strategy and Technology Officer Nishant Batra and NYU Wireless Founding Director Theodore (Ted) Rappaport. … Read More
Establishing and operating a cellular network in outer space is no simple matter. It requires taking already complicated technologies and adjusting them to otherworldly conditions. That’s the enormous undertaking of Nokia Bell Labs, which, along with NASA, is seeking to establish the first such network on the Moon. In previous blog posts, we examined the challenges of deploying an LTE/4G network on the … Read More
Episode 8 of “Defense Matters” focuses on the cyber and its complex reach into our lives. Host Aron Heller speaks with Erez Kreiner, a former director of the Cyber Division of Israel’s Shin Bet security service and currently a senior research fellow at the Insitute for Counterterrorism at Reichman University. The two examine the prominent role that cyber plays in today’s … Read More
Nokia Bell Labs is boldly going where no one has gone before, building the first-ever LTE/4G network on the Moon. Working with NASA, Nokia aims to demonstrate how commercially available cellular technologies can be used and adapted for future space exploration and pave the way to a sustainable human presence on the Moon. But it’s not the first time that … Read More
Episode 7 of “Defense Matters” focuses on Saudi Arabia. Host Aron Heller speaks with Prof. Uzi Rabi, PhD, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for the Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University, about the Israel’s relations with Saudi Arabia and potential future normalization. Prof. Rabi and Heller discuss the Kingdom’s vital role as the lynchpin of the … Read More
The Bennett government collapsed because of baseless fearmongering, a tribal devotion to Likud and a cult of personality surrounding its leader on trial for corruption. Op-ed published in The Times of Israel Throughout the year-long tenure of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid’s unity government, there has been a common refrain coming from supposed Israeli hardliners. This was a dangerous experiment … Read More
Episode 6 of “Defense Matters” focuses on the upcoming Biden visit to the Middle East and what it means for Israel and the region. Host Aron Heller speaks with Helit Barel, a security expert on US-Israel relations, the former Director at the Israeli National Security Council, a founding member of Forum Dvorah, Women in Foreign Policy and National Security, and … Read More
Episode 5 of “Defense Matters” focuses on the current status of relations between Israel and Turkey. Host Aron Heller talks to Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss, an expert on Turkey and a Senior Research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. They review the recent history of the two countries, discuss the impact of Turkish President Erdoğan, … Read More
Episode 4 of “Defense Matters” tries to figure out why Israel always seems to be on the losing end of global public opinion. We will review recent crises, such as the deadly shooting of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and its aftermath, to see how Israel communicates them to the world – or, often times, how it miscommunicates them. Host … Read More