Software-Defined Radio Could Unify Wireless World

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 3, 2006 @10:59AM from the cool-if-it-works dept.

mjdroner writes "Technicians in Ireland are testing a device capable of skipping between incompatible wireless standards by tweaking its underlying code. The article states: 'The device can impersonate a multitude of different wireless devices since it uses reconfigurable software to carry out the tasks normally performed by static hardware. The technology promises to let future gadgets jump between frequencies and standards that currently conflict. A cellphone could, for example, automatically detect and jump to a much faster Wi-Fi network when in a local hotspot.'"

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Great by TubeSteak · 2006-02-03 11:10 · Score: 3, Funny

Once upon a time, it used to be that only the military could fark up my garage door opener.

Now everybody will be able to.
Thanks Ireland.

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On the list of things that make me go hmm.... by Excelsior · 2006-02-03 11:54 · Score: 3, Funny

The technology promises to let future gadgets jump between frequencies and standards that currently conflict.

So, in one fail swoop they've automated the radio dial and the AM/FM button? Science rocks.