Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on March 12, 2010
Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications have experimented with methods of using visible light to transmit data wirelessly.
"In the lab the Fraunhofer team has do...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on August 31, 2008
Sony Europe has announced a new 9.9mm-thick 40-inch HDTV, the Bravia ZX1.
"Boasting Wireless 1080 technology, which utilises a separate base station (a.k.a Media Receiver) to keep your lounge nic...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on August 19, 2008
Google this week announced the launch of FreeTheAirwaves.com, an effort to rally the public behind the company's efforts to get FCC approval for use of the "white spaces" of spectrum bet...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on July 23, 2008
Amimon, Hitachi, Motorola, Samsung, Sharp and Sony today announced the formation of a special interest group (SIG) to develop a new industry standard for multi-room A/V connectivity using Amimon's...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by James Koopmann on June 20, 2008
ASUS has just released the Eee box, a space-saving and power efficient PC that just might replace many of the large bulky computers in many homes. Slim as a paperback novel you can slip this machine j...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on April 8, 2008
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) this week announced that a survey of 3,578 IT managers worldwide has shown that wireless and RF mobile technology is expected to be the most nee...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on March 27, 2008
The Dash Express, a groundbreaking Internet-connected in-car GPS device that uses both Wi-Fi and GPRS for IP connectivity, launched today and is now available for order on Amazon.com.
The groundbreaki...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on February 23, 2008
National Information Computer Technology Australia (NICTA) yesterday announced the development of a new 60GHz CMOS single-chip solution that can transfer wireless data at up to 5 Gbps.
According to NI...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on October 22, 2007
IBM and MediaTek today announced plans to develop chipsets based on millimeter wave (mmWave) wireless tech, promising speeds 100 times faster than Wi-Fi.
"The technology seeks to harness the high...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on August 16, 2007
The Associated Press' John Curran today looks at MicroStrain, Inc.'s efforts to use wireless sensor technology to monitor the strain being placed on bridges.
"The wireless, solar-powered ...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on August 13, 2007
On July 31st, the FCC rejected a prototype device from Microsoft and other members of the White Spaces Coalition, which was designed to operate in TV spectrum without interfering with existing tv chan...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on July 13, 2007
With the wonderfully direct heading "NTT Kicks Ass," Gizmodo's Charlie White today reports that Japan's NTT DoCoMo "is about to make even speedy 3.1 Mbps EV-DO (Rev. A) look lik...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on July 13, 2007
Spent the past few days in meetings with the folks at KCET, the Los Angeles PBS station, regarding the possibility of becoming a host for their hot new tech show, Wired Science.
If you're in a sup...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on July 5, 2007
Silicon.com's Gemma Simpson reports today that researchers in the UK have developed "a tiny generator that can power embedded electronic devices such as pacemakers without the need for batter...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on June 27, 2007
ExtremeTech's Mark Hachman reports that startup SiBEAM today revealed its new WirelessHD solution, which is designed to "deliver a promised gigabit per second of multimedia content throughout...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on June 7, 2007
ITWire's Stephen Withers reports that a team of scientists at MIT "have demonstrated a wireless power transfer scheme they have dubbed 'WiTricity' or wireless electricity."
"...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on April 6, 2007
InformationWeek's K.C. Jones reports today that the Save Our Spectrum Coalition is asking the FCC to use the soon-to-be-auctioned 700 MHz spectrum to increase competition for broadband Internet ac...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on April 2, 2007
Oh, those goofy Googlers... the company launched its usual April Fool's Day joke yesterday with a press release announcing the arrival of Google TiSP, a service delivering free broadband... throug...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on November 15, 2006
The BBC's Jonathan Fildes reports that researchers at MIT have designed a "relatively simple system that could deliver power to devices such as laptop computers or MP3 players without wires.&...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on November 3, 2006
ComputerWeekly.com's Antony Savvas says a Juniper Research report entitled Wireless Telematics & Machine to Machine: Entering the Growth Phase, 2006-2011 finds that the market for wireless-ena...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on September 26, 2006
MacNN today reports on the release of IOGEAR's new Germ Free Wireless Laser Mouse, which uses a "unique auto-disinfecting surface" to protect users from germs and bacteria. The mouse is ...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on July 17, 2006
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Todd Bishop reports that Microsoft, Whirlpool and other members of the CABA Internet Home Alliance are testing a system that connects a washer and dryer to a wirel...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on June 29, 2006
VNUnet's James Brown reports that the the University of Bath is working on ways to use nanotechnology to create wireless chips, with the aim of increasing processor speeds by a factor of 500.
&quo...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on June 26, 2006
Tech Digest today looks at Bluetrek's new Serenity wireless security solution, which keeps track of small (and precious) mobile gadgets, or just small objects like a passport or a wallet.
"Se...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on May 25, 2006
At Wireless Week, Susan Rush reports that Microsoft's MSN may be interested in acquiring wireless advertising company Third Screen Media.
"We're a happy, healthy, well-funded company in t...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on May 24, 2006
PC Magazine's Natali T. Del Conte takes a look today at M2Z Networks' plans for a free nationwide wireless broadband offering.
"Startup M2Z Networks, Inc. on May 5 submitted a request to ...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on May 19, 2006
PhysOrg.com today picks up on news that wireless communications provider SeaMobile Inc. has gotten FCC approval for its acquisition of Florida-based satellite broadband provider Maritime Telecommunica...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on May 16, 2006
Techworld's Nancy Gohring reports today that Nokia has updated the operating system for its Wi-Fi Internet tablet, the Nokia 770, adding support for SIP-based voice over IP (VoIP) -- the device no...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on May 10, 2006
The Houston Chronicle reports that FierceWireless has announced the recipients of its annual Fierce 15 Awards.
The awards are given based on the quality of a company's products and services, the s...
Filed in archive
Emerging Tech
by jeff goldman on May 3, 2006
Wi-Fi Planet's Eric Griffith today looks at the current status of 802.11n, noting that in a vote yesterday, the current draft of the standard failed to get the majority required for it to move ahe...
