Lockheed Martin has patented a “fluid antenna,” reports Danger Room. I’d be fibbing if I said I understood exactly how it works, but one benefit seems to be smaller antenna sizes, handy when deploying in a battlezone. It’s amazing what they can do with paper cups these days.
From the patent:
A fluid antenna generator includes a first source of electrically conductive fluid and a second source of electrically conductive fluid. The first source and the second source are oriented such that, when the first source and the second source are operated, the electrically conductive fluid generated by the first source intersects the electrically conductive fluid generated by the second source. A method for generating a fluid antenna includes generating a first electrically conductive fluid portion and generating a second electrically conductive fluid portion, such that the first electrically conductive fluid portion and the second electrically conductive fluid portion intersect.
Defense Company Designs Liquid Antenna [Danger Room]
How many first electrically conductive fluid portions would a second electrically conductive fluid portion intersect if an electrically conductive fluid intersection could partition?
Stop before it’s too late! Am I the only one … don’t they remember? “Never cross the streams!” I think Lockheed Martin is about to open Gozer’s portal to the netherworld … nobody think of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man!
I guess air travelers won’t benefit from this technology.