Derp... hit send before including my link where I got that quote. http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/10/irobot-roomba-lawnmower-astronomer/
-Steve D On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Steve D <[email protected]> wrote: > That article was light on details. They want in on a piece of 6GHz > frequency that radio astronomers have been using. > > > Unfortunately, iRobot wants its beacons to broadcast data in the 6240-6740 >> MHz range. That's the same frequency the National Radio Astronomy >> Observatory (NRAO) is using to watch the universe. The radio telescopes >> operating in that range are scouring space for an abundance in methanol, >> which usually indicates a star-forming region. >> NRAO's astronomers aren't happy with iRobot's plans and are officially >> contesting the company's request. iRobot, on the other hand, argues that >> NRAO's facilities are far from residential areas, and there's very little >> chance of its lawnmowers disrupting the astronomers' research. Thus, the >> future of Roomba for lawns depends on the FCC's decision and on iRobot's >> backup plans, in case the agency sides with NRAO. > > > > > -Steve D > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Jason McKemie < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Are they trying to get a waiver for use in exclusion zones? >> >> >> On Monday, April 13, 2015, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://www.dispatchtimes.com/irobot-seeking-fcc-approval-of-fixed-wireless-infrastructure-for-its-robotic-lawn-mower/2076/ >>> >>> I must be missing something here. I don't see what makes this iRobot any >>> different than anything else from an RF perspective. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >>> >>> >
