Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Imagine taking the radio frequency properties of the dish antennas you see on rooftops and knitting them into a wearable garment -- a sweater or a blanket that is ultralight, portable, easy to fold up and stow away. Columbia Engineers knit a “blanket” of sophisticated radio-frequency array antennas. The applied physicists are the first to use traditional flat-knitting techniques to fabricate flexible, lightweight metasurfaces--large-aperture antennas--that can easily be stowed and deployed for long-range communications.
Imagine taking the radio frequency properties of the dish antennas you see on rooftops and knitting them into a wearable garment -- a sweater or a blanket that is ultralight, portable, easy to fold up and stow away. Columbia Engineers knit a “blanket” of sophisticated radio-frequency array antennas. The applied physicists are the first to use traditional flat-knitting techniques to fabricate flexible, lightweight metasurfaces--large-aperture antennas--that can easily be stowed and deployed for long-range communications.
