UWB Wireless Access Could Be Here Soon

fluppy88 writes: "802.11b doesn't have anything on UWB. With a potential of 1000M bits/sec it blows the pants out of 802.11b and doesn't eat up the tightly controlled spectrum. This article on CNN gives an interesting introduction to UWB, another candidate in the future of wireless." It was mentioned here a while ago, but much more mired in controversy about whose idea it was. Now there are several companies which seem anxious to get products based on UWB to market -- if it's approved.

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"These systems can use 50 to 70 milliwatts of power," says Adrian Jennings, technologist with Time Domain in Huntsville, Ala., one of the pioneer vendors in UWB. "That is one ten-thousandth the power of a cell phone."

50 to 70 milliwatts is one ten-thousandth the power of a cell phone? That would place an average cell phone at somewhere around 600W.

Strange, I don't remember seeing huge heatsinks and 12" fans on any cell phones lately.