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An Introduction To Wireless USB (WUSB)
An anonymous reader writes "This technical whitepaper by Rafael Kolic, a technology marketing manager in Intel's Corporate Technology Group, introduces Wireless USB (WUSB) and explains how it will impact device performance and mobility. The latest iteration of USB technology, WUSB will offer the same functionality as standard wired USB devices -- but without the cabling."
Well, now that Bluetooth is dead, it's good that WUSB will come out soon. That way Netcraft can confirm that WUSB is dying.
They have to do something all day there...
Ignore me. I should have RTFA. Need more caffiene. . .
You are not the customer.
because USA failed
what you mean it doesn't beam the energy to the device? :( rats.
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"WUSB will offer the same functionality as standard wired USB devices -- but without the cabling" - I moderate this line redunant - I mean really, if it had cables, then it wouldn't be wireless
Boxen??? What are you doing with multiple computers on a commercial airline let alone how did you get past security.
I wear an extremely large coat.
You are not the customer.
which one will the FPS gamer want?
:)
Bluetooth mouse, WUSB mouse, or standard wireless mouse??
They'll want a standard wired mouse, thank you very much. All others risk downtime for battery changes.
"The laptop is connected wirelessly to the radio tower via a serial connection
A wireless serial cable, eh?
got sig?
Or maybe wireless power! Imagine having a 4 foot diameter microwave transceiver dish on both your PC and mouse. Not to mention the migraine of biblical proportions you'll get after using said mouse for 5 minutes... Uhm... Scrap that wireless power idea...
Hate me!
Bluetooth is dead, remember?
Last thing I need is to be using a WUSB mouse on a plane and having some kid three rows back taking over and h4x0r1n6 my b0x3n.
:-)
I'm pretty sure the kid will be occupied h4x0r1n6 the plane's autopilot. So while the ride might get pretty wild, your computer will be safe.
What?
I don't think this is a bad idea. Think of all the money saved in batteries and/or chargers. I wouldn't mind winding them up, as long as they generated power quietly and my mouse doesn't shoot across the room after I let go like my old Evil Knievel stunt cycle.
FireWireless
Should it be called Firewireless or just Fire?
Real technical paper there. Same approach as wireless ethernet, just get rid of the transmission line, add another layer to handle the problem of limited radio spectrum, and voila! Three paragraphs dedicated to security. What does this mean? Simply that in the future, it will be even easier for hackers to read other peoples keystrokes and mouse movements.
Can't wait for the "wireless ATX power supply" specification and the "wireless ATA specification". Pretty soon, everthing will be "wireless", which means that there will be twice as many wires to untangle.
There are far worse things than spies.
They call them "Divorce Lawyers."
KFG
Are they just going to tack some new capability onto USB every time there's a superior competing technology?
USB was fine for what it was originally designed for. Then Intel had to juice it up a little bit to try to convince people it was better than FireWire. Now they've got Bluetooth in their sights.
I would much rather have several different technologies that each do one or two things exceptionally well, rather than one technology that's trying to be all things to all people.
Microsoft is trying to shoehorn Windows into everything, and look what we've got to show for it: PDAs that need more horsepower than a workstation from five years ago had, BMWs that develop a mind of their own, an albatross of a game console, etc...
It's like Intel is slapping a wig and fake tits on some big, burly truck driver and trying to convice people it's just as good or better than a real woman.
Just use stick a largish tesla coil in the room, it'll power everything- wirelessly.
Oh, and make sure to get big speakers to drown out the racket
And make sure your sofa doesn't have any metal in it.
And keep a fire extinguisher handy.
But aside from that, i'm sure home tesla coils will be a revolutionary addition to the wireless house.
Let's make a difference
It'll probably be just like the original USB spec - the distance had to be less than 2m to work.
-- If we don't stand up for our rights, now, there will be no right to stand up for them later.
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There's obviously some mods here with a sense of humor.
The point is, bluetooth doesn't live up to what it originally promised. Look behind your TV and tell me that bluetooth could be used to solve that mess of cables.
The parent asked why bother with wireless USB when we have bluetooth.
I say it's because bluetooth doesn't have the ability to fix the problem of having a gamecube, a dvd player, a vcr, a TiVo, and a stereo all hooked up together in a giant mess of cables. Wireless USB does. It's high bandwidth (400Mb/s) wireless.
It can be used to have TiVo wirelessly send a video stream to your TV and an audio stream to your stereo.
Jesus people, think outside the box. Wireless USB isn't going to be used to sync your PDA to your Phone.. it's going to be used in ways that no other wireless is currently capable of being used.
"Like USB but without the power"
Well that should help on my Nomad Jukebox Zen, which will quite happily display a low-battery warning and then die from lack of power whilst plugged into a USB cable with a 5V supply!