A Series of Tubes #92: Wireless at Scramjet Speeds, Stil at Techfest
August 16th, 2009How about some really fast wireless?
If 3 Gbps would be just about fast enough for you, then this week’s Tubes is a treat. Last week, NICTA showed off just that: a wireless technology aimed at the consumer market with throughput of 3 Gbps. And it’s not just pie-in-the-sky: devices can already being fabricated.
The target is strictly within the home, with a range of just ten metres, but something that could replace all your cables, including the screen cable, and could download a DVD in a few seconds is pretty exciting.
In fact, as crikey columnist, blogger, and ASOT regular Stilgherrian found out, just about everything at NICTA is interesting. Stil picks out three hot technologies from last week’s NICTA Techfest in Sydney.
