Non Line of Sight Broadband

gfilion writes "IEEE Spectrum has an article about nifty wireless adapters that don't require LOS. At first, NLOS wireless may not sound like a big deal. After all, ordinary radios and cellphones are non-line-of-sight devices. But they don't carry broadband data. What makes the latest generation of NLOS wireless technology worth talking about and having is that it delivers data at high rates over substantial distances."

Comments

Now if..

[ImaLamer]

Only if they had this for the people in the last story they could not have had to lay so much fiber.

Novel published in Analog + minor spoiler

[eagl]

This novel was published in a multi-part format in Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine just a few months ago. It definately kept me waiting for the next issue.

Warning - minor spoiler

One issue dealt with the book was what happens when the all-knowing personal monitoring system is compromised or degraded. The ultimate ramifications were not completely explored by the end of the novel, but the chink in the armor was exposed.

Recommended.

Re:Novel published in Analog + minor spoiler

[eagl]

Of course I somehow posted this in the wrong topic...

Re:Information wants to be WIDE!

[SavingPrivateNawak]

Interesting!

If you're the one that discovered this bug, you should have logged in!!

OT: Your walnut trees

[gellor]

totally offtopic, but something I just learned that shocked me.

Mature walnut trees of MUCH smaller stature that what you describe sell for well over $10,000 (USD) if you are willing to have them harvested.

Just FYI if you ever hit rough financial times.

Re:OT: Your walnut trees

[dlur]

Unfortunately, the trees were never properly pruned when they were younger, so many of them fork and branch at very low heights before reaching their total height. Most of them are quite adequate for building tree forts in, however.

I don't think I ever would allow them to be harvested though, not unless I was about to sell the house and property. I love big trees that provide lots of shade. Luckily there are enough squirrels in my area to carry off and eat all the walnuts that drop to the ground so that I don't need to rake them up.