GNU Radio Opens an Unseen World

June 6, 2006 | Source: Wired News

The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) allows for building a software-defined general radio that can receive and transmit on any frequency from DC (zero) to 2.9 GHz.

Inventor Matt Ettus paints a picture of radio bringing about a many-to-many revolution, like blogging, but for a wider segment of the world. “It enables everybody to be a broadcaster,” he says.