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Following an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau, Windsteam Corporation has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle their rural call completion. The company has agreed to also implement a three-year plan to meet compliance with FCC requirements in long-distance calls failing to connect in rural areas.

A team of engineers from several universities has developed a way to harvest energy from vibrations to charge self-powered electronic devices. The team has created a nanogenerator that utilizes polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a sponge-like material, which is the key to harvesting vibration energy.

Stanford researchers are using the seeds of a pomegranate as inspiration to cluster tiny silicon particles in hard carbon rinds to design the next generation of lithium ion batteries.

The Federal Communications Commission proposed updates to the E911 rules due to the increase of use of wireless phones to call 911 in an emergency. These proposed changes will help emergency responders better locate wireless callers especially indoors.