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Intel Promises UWB Products By 2006

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-long-way-off dept.

prostoalex writes "Ultra WideBand radio is a technology that allows transmitting huge amounts of data over a short distance at very low power. At Intel Developer Forum this week Ben Manny, director of wireless technology development at Intel Research and Development, promised market deployment of UWB-based solutions by 2005-2006. Possible applications of UWB can be discovered in this article that also refers to UWB as 'Bluetooth on steroids'."

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  1. Possible applications of UWB by skydude_20 · · Score: 3, Informative

    can be taking down planes

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  2. Re:Not so fast. A laptop ban on aircraft is more l by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    OK, a URL to back up my claims. Turns out, the UWB was messing up with ILS as well. Ugly Ugly Stuff...

    From Google's cache (since the original is gone), Aviation Today, Avionics: Unremitting UWB Issue

  3. UWB patents by tiohero · · Score: 2, Informative

    The firm has applied for an array of patents to cover its wired UWB technology and apparently is the only company to use this approach

    I've noticed a disturbing feeding frenzy for UWB patent applications similar to the internet business models. Somehow I can't believe that feeding the UWB signal down a cable TV transmission line instead of an antenna is a non-obvious patentable idea.

    Here's a current list of some of the patents around UWB. Notice that only a few groups hold almost all of the cards:
    http://www.aetherwire.com/CDROM/General/titles.htm l