He added that the nodes are simple and require the backscatter reader to do the heavy lifting for the system. Scientists at Disney Research have developed a way that they can use ambient radio waves in order to send data . An ultra - low power array of sensors able to transmit data by reflecting ambient radio waves from commercial broadcasting systems has been created by Alanson Smith , the associate lab director of Disney Research 's wireless systems group , who says the goal is to " reuse all the radio signals that are around us as a medium for transmitting data " .
Scientists at Disney Research have developed a way that they can use ambient radio waves in order to send data . An ultra - low power array of sensors able to transmit data by reflecting ambient radio waves from commercial broadcasting systems has been created by Alanson Smith , the associate lab director of Disney Research 's wireless systems group , who says the goal is to " reuse all the radio signals that are around us as a medium for transmitting data " .