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Ultrawideband Signal Passes Data Through Walls
writertype writes "You may already be familiar with ultrawideband; UWB technology has been specifically talked about and designed to replace wired USB connections for over a year. Due to its high bandwidth, it's also been considered as an A/V cable replacement. The problem is that UWB radio performance degrades precipitously, effectively confining it to a single room. Until now, that is. Startup TZero says its UWB implementation provides high throughput through walls. Will this be an effective competitor to 802.11n?"
Who cares about wireless!
Precisely. Until they figure out wireless power or at least let us have mini nuclear reactors to power our laptops with (the far preferable option, imo) we'll still need wires for power, making wireless communication a useless trinket, just like it is now. Personally, I've almost grown to like tripping over power adapters when I try to take my woman to a coffee shop. NOT.
And when they let us have mini nuclear reactors for our laptops, I'll be happy to chain a few dozen together to make a pretty quick nuclear powered electric hybrid car so that I can fly up mountians with my women, again elmiminating any interest in wireless communications that I ever pretended I had...
Mmmm... Nuclear electric hybrid car... Now if it were an open loop system like an old train, I could also make latte macchiatos on the move.. Wouldn't that be cool! That and I could have a train whistle tied to my horn! WooooWooooo! Move your ass! WOOOOOOOO! Trying to go somewhere with this drought might be a bitch, though.
*looks around*
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