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Ubiquitous Multi-Gigabit Wireless Within Three Years

Posted by Zonk on from the now-where-is-my-hud dept.

Anonymous Howard passed us a link to the Press Escape blog, and a post about the future of ultra-fast wireless connectivity. Georgia Tech researchers unveiled plans to use ultra-high frequency radio transmissions to achieve very high data transmission rates over short distances. In a few years, the article says, we'll have ubiquitous multi-gigabit wireless connectivity, with some significant advances already under their belts. "GEDC team have already achieved wireless data-transfer rates of 15 gigabits per second (Gbps) at a distance of 1 meter, 10 Gbps at 2 meters and 5 Gbps at 5 meters. 'The goal here is to maximize data throughput to make possible a host of new wireless applications for home and office connectivity,' said Prof. Joy Laskar, GEDC director and lead researcher on the project along with Stephane Pinel. Pinel is confident that Very high speed, p2p data connections could be available potentially in less than two years. The research could lead to devices such as external hard drives, laptop computers, MP-3 players, cell phones, commercial kiosks and others could transfer huge amounts of data in seconds while data centers could install racks of servers without the customary jumble of wires."

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  1. Microwaving your privates? by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 2, Funny

    we'll have ubiquitous multi-gigabit wireless connectivity, with some significant advances already under their belts.
    If they're running this from laptops for extended periods, that may be the only thing remaining under their belts.
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    1. Re:Microwaving your privates? by Moby+Cock · · Score: 4, Funny

      Technically speaking, at 60GHz, you'd be millimetrewaving your privates.

  2. ubiqutous, multi gigabit pornography by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    great. now ill never have a reason to meet girls

  3. 2.45 GHZ, modulate power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You can run at 2.45Ghz, and instead of keeping constant power of a few milliwatts, instead, say, modulate the power output from, you know, 1000 watts to 1.21 gigawatts, you can use the resulting modulation to carry more information per wave. This would be really hot new technology, and really start the economy cookin'.

  4. Re:I am a data center manager by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd rather deal with a network cable gone sentient and whipping around like a snake and attacking people, than go wireless at the data center. That is IT! I've had it with these muthafuckin' snakes on this muthafuckin' (Ethernet) frame!
  5. Re:...for that matter... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Worry not! We'll also implement lead walls!

  6. Re:do not underestimate... by Doctor+Memory · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe your friend's in the back yard, and you're on the second floor. Oh, and the RIAA's at the front door...

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  7. Re:do not underestimate... by Hucko · · Score: 2, Funny

    but throwing it would increase the magnetic wobble 'loosing' data...

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