Direct Wireless Connectivity Of Up To 12 Gigabits Per Second

[PV5150]

Scientists in Australia have developed a new approach to wireless networking that allows a DVD quality movie file to be transferred from one machine to another in less than a second. Who here figures that this technology will somehow be acquired by the military? Feel free to comment below...

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[nathan]

at 85ghz it will never see the light of day in the uk.

[llwyd]

I think the military already has things like that but on a smaller scale (Hams dad holds the patent on something similar actually) for radio signals and stuff to avoid tracing. I heard someone talking about wireless electricity on the radio the other day

[Nagaru]

That is interesting but I think a long way off considering that these "areas" of fiber optics. Also this is in the microwave range and I would assume will "fry" people.

[macgamesrule]

I dunno frying necessarily; phone companies for one already use microwave transmission to send calls over long distances where there's no cable laid. It's those really big towers covered with half-sphere looking things...

An interesting technology to say the least; I think the next couple decades will see some pretty significant breakthroughs in a lot of fields, communications being one of them.

[Nagaru]

Originally Posted by macgamesrule

I dunno frying necessarily; phone companies for one already use microwave transmission to send calls over long distances where there's no cable laid. It's those really big towers covered with half-sphere looking things...

An interesting technology to say the least; I think the next couple decades will see some pretty significant breakthroughs in a lot of fields, communications being one of them.

I know that microwaves are used for communications, but I doubt they would be allowed to install the towers so that the beam passed close to houses.

[Rastalovich]

Originally Posted by name='llwyd'

I heard someone talking about wireless electricity on the radio the other day

Were they talking about Star Trek ?

[FragTek]

People have been working on a feasable means of wireless electricity for ages. It's already been done, but it's near impossible to harness and use without causing damage to people

[Nagaru]

It is also highly inefficient and becomes more so as the distance is increased.

[Rastalovich]

Originally Posted by name='FragTek'

People have been working on a feasable means of wireless electricity for ages. It's already been done, but it's near impossible to harness and use without causing damage to people

Well they do have N-Cells and flux capacitors working off dilythium.