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1 Kilometer Bluetooth Link to Cell Phone

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the long-distance-wireless dept.

carbolic writes "WiFi-Toys.com has posted an article (with pics) about performing a Bluetooth connection over a distance of 1 kilometer. They claim it is a new world record. They used a Class 1 USB adapter modded using a kit from Bluedriving.com. The over-the-air connection went to an unmodified Sony Ericsson T610 at a distance of 'about 3,300 feet' and they transferred a few pictures. This test was to a paired device pre-configured for the built-in ObexFTP access, but the implication is that now it's easy to Bluesnarf without even being near the target phone."

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  1. Beautiful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Now, where's my little bluetooth remote controlled helicopter.

    *Rubs hands together in malicious glee*

    Now I can take pictures of people 1 kilometer away, and transfer them to my laptop....

    Eeeexcelleent..

  2. Imperial conversion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 kilometer = 4.97096954 furlongs

  3. The perfect Friday night story by FunWithHeadlines · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what do geeks do on a Friday night? They discuss extending bluetooth ranges in experiments and speculate on all the ways it could be used, both useful and silly. Now if they could just figure out a way to use bluetooth to get dates...

    1. Re:The perfect Friday night story by John+Jorsett · · Score: 4, Funny
      So what do geeks do on a Friday night? They discuss extending bluetooth ranges in experiments and speculate on all the ways it could be used, both useful and silly. Now if they could just figure out a way to use bluetooth to get dates...

      Actually, geeks spend their Thursday nights talking about how to use Bluetooth to get dates. I guess when their shortrange schemes fall flat, they spend Friday figuring out how to up the distance.

  4. Re:fantastic.. by Atmchicago · · Score: 3, Funny

    I want my Desktop to run emacs and make.

    Well, actually, I use emacs to run my cell phone. But that's just me.

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  5. Pfffft by Billobob · · Score: 3, Funny

    My tesla coil has a range of blowing up every light bulb within 5 miles MINIMUM...

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  6. Pringles cans... by mikael · · Score: 3, Funny

    The over-the-air connection went to an unmodified Sony Ericsson T610 at a distance of 'about 3,300 feet' and they transferred a few pictures. This test was to a paired device pre-configured for the built-in ObexFTP access, but the implication is that now it's easy to Bluesnarf without even being near the target phone."

    And they haven't even started using Pringles cans yet.

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