Faster Wi-Fi in works to transfer data by Delia Cruceru

Want to have a glimpse of the future? Imagine large amounts of data to be transferred on portable devices or even TV in only few seconds. We're almost there, now the technology has surpassed the most of us, existing on the market many devices or gadgets making our life much easier. Professor Joy Laskar from Georgia Tech University and other scientists at the Georgia Electronic Design Center developed extremely high radio frequencies to transfer huge data files over short distances. The frequencies are using a 60 gigahertz band and it is hoped to turn in to a conventional wireless way to zap data over short distances, soon being a rival for other wireless technologies. Toshiba introduced in its laptops last month built-in UWB chips that can communicate wirelessly with a docking station and also can transmit high-definition videos. M. Kursat Kimyacioglu, director of strategy and wireless business development at the semiconductor subsidiary of Philips Electronics NV said: "There will be a constant pressure for speed and it will never cease. We need much faster wireless data networking technologies to make much faster downloads and back-ups and higher resolution HD video streaming possible." Phillips is currently trying to develop a technology to eliminate cable bundles, but research is still needed. Laskar and his team already succeeded in wireless data-transfer rates with 15 gigabits per second from a span of 1 meter. "We don't want to replace these guys," says Laskar, pointing at an HD receiver and TV set. "We want to complement them."

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by Delia Cruceru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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