Physicists in a World of Wireless Communications: A Noisy Connection? [Industry Activities]

Abstract

Welcome to this edition of the 'Industry Activities' column. This month, we have the pleasure reading a contribution authored by Geoffroy Lerosey and Mathias Fink, which provides interesting insight into the challenges of starting a company based on ideas that are not considered 'mainstream' in terms of conventional wireless engineering. One of the great lessons for any engineer is to be open minded: a concept is not wrong simply because it is difficult to understand. I am sure we have all had trouble with this during discussions with researchers and engineers who have different backgrounds and training. However cross-disciplinary ideas are extremely important for technology advancement.