Give a Warm Welcome to the Wireless USB Hub!
November 01, 2006
Gizmodo's Travis Hudson picks up on a report from Everything USB noting that Y-E Data has shipped the first ultrawideband USB hub in Japan.
The hub is based on Wisair's UWB chipset. "USB devices such as printers, scanners, remote hard disks, and digital cameras can plug into the UWB hub, which can be placed anywhere in the room," according to a company announcement. "Data is transmitted wirelessly from the hub to a PC or notebook via a dongle that is plugged into the PC's USB port."
"Now we just have to wait to see how long a device like this takes to get through the FCC's pound-me-in-the-ass certification process," Hudson writes. "Come on, FCC goons. I know you wants wireless USB just as much as us."
Wisair's press release is here.