Chamtech Enteprises, a start-up company unveiled at a recent Google event, has an answer to the problems of poor cellphone reception and other shortcomings of traditional antennas.The company has developed a spray-on antenna that it says is more lightweight, energy-efficient and effective than the old-school version.
The Sandy, Utah-based start-up’s nanotechnology, can be painted onto a tree, a wall, the ground or even the back of a soldier, enabling a more portable, lightweight way to get reception for a variety of uses.The company has already patented critical aspects of its technology and begun to sell to government customers, whom it can’t identify due to the sensitive nature of the technology’s applications.
In 2012, Chamtech Enterprises plans to expand its focus from government customers to mobile phone and medical device makers. CEO and co-founder Anthony Sutera believes the technology could be used by weather and oceanographic researchers, underwater welders, rescue workers, military special operatives in the field, airlines, and by manufacturers of cars, phones, TVs, radios and other consumer electronics.
