Smith6612
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1 edit | Cool!
Where does this thing get it's power from though? Otherwise, this would be a very nice enhancement for stuff if it can transmit through walls well as well. And $10 for a chip like this? That's cheap! |
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rob_in_chatt
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Chattanooga, TN | small chip
that looks like the one that will be inserted in everyone as they are born in about 25 years or so............ |
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Steimes
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Re: Cool!
said by Smith6612  :Where does this thing get it's power from though? Otherwise, this would be a very nice enhancement for stuff if it can transmit through walls well as well. And $10 for a chip like this? That's cheap! I imagine it would use a thin film battery.
The range of this device is very limited... which is actually a good thing for the type of applications it might be used for.
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3 edits | reply to Smith6612
said by Smith6612 :Where does this thing get it's power from though? Otherwise, this would be a very nice enhancement for stuff if it can transmit through walls well as well. And $10 for a chip like this? That's cheap! This is really cool, but it costs about $10 to manufacture. They have to recoup costs for research and overhead, so it'll cost much more than that when it comes to market, but if it becomes widespread, the costs will go down dramatically. I like in the article how it mentions a video kiosk can upload a movie in seconds then you can download a movie in seconds when you get home. Even though we are moving to a home delivery via broadband, that would still be a meat idea for many applications. |
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PDXPLT
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Banks, OR | Yawn ...
So how is this different than what SiBeam or any of the other 60 GHz companies are doing?
Melbourne University issues yet another press release, the Aussie press picks it up due to national pride, and everybody gets excited. |
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greendragon
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Stewartville, MN | reply to rob_in_chatt
Re: small chip
Here you go, I think you dropped this tinfoil hat back there... 
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA | Huh
And you would need an HD film on a phone because? |
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hopeflicker
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Re: Yawn ...
$125 after all is said and done 
plus a 5yr contract at $200month |
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gaforces
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Santa Cruz, CA | reply to rob_in_chatt
Re: small chip
Nah, that one is a lot smaller and shaped like a pin, but smaller. Spying on people will take less throughput than a movie requires.
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hopeflicker
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Re: Huh
said by Dogfather :And you would need an HD film on a phone because? because teh sheeple will buy it, that's because.
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4 edits | ARRRGH! you said Transfer
Binars raiding a Video store. |
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greendragon
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Re: Huh
said by Dogfather :And you would need an HD film on a phone because? Because pretty soon you'll be able to use a laser projector that is built in your phone to project a much bigger picture than any built in screen.
»popsci.typepad.com/popsci/2008/0···pre.html |
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TKJunkMail
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Re: Cool!
said by Smith6612 :Where does this thing get it's power from though? Otherwise, this would be a very nice enhancement for stuff if it can transmit through walls well as well. And $10 for a chip like this? That's cheap! Its range is 10 meters or less(about 11 yards or 33 feet). Great for devices in an entertainment center talking to each other or as a replacement for bluetooth between PCs, cell phones, MP3 players, etc.
For moving data around a house, this isn't the technology.
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Re: Yawn ...
said by PDXPLT :So how is this different than what SiBeam or any of the other 60 GHz companies are doing? Melbourne University issues yet another press release, the Aussie press picks it up due to national pride, and everybody gets excited. Isn't Melbourne University the same group that is involved in holding up the 802.11n standard over a patent dispute?
802.11n holdup by Csiro
»www.computerworld.com.au/index.p···69830231
Melbourne Univ & Csiro tie-ins
»www.research.unimelb.edu.au/gran···b/csiro/
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1 edit | Clarification
"Two watts of power over ten meters" implies the device transmits two watts of power. This is incorrect. It uses two watts of power and transmits over 10 meters. That's 2000 mAH and would be a huge drain in devices like cell phones.
These components will enable things like thumb drives to transfer data without being physically connected to the source or destination, which is an interesting application. It's also after the "wireless" (literally) home theater installation where everything is connected via short-haul radio signals. Mostly, it's a replacement in Bluetooth-type applications.
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY | new name
the killer app is to transfer video from device to device (probably hi-def) so, how about a new name:
gigatooth |
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jc100
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Re: Huh
Off topic but I like your tag line. |
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Re: Clarification
said by RadioDoc :It uses two watts of power and transmits over 10 meters. That's 2000 mAH and would be a huge drain in devices like cell phones. How did you get to the 2000mAh value??? Fuzzy math??? 
Energy=Watts*Time=Volts*Amps*Time |
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tshirt
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"to quickly allow users to transfer HD films or other massive content between cellphone and PC. "
Too bad it will only be useful in a new generation of suitcase phones, to have enough battery and 50 gig's of flash memory.
( is putting a DVD in that hard?) |
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA | reply to greendragon
Re: Huh
That's not an HD projector, it's barely EDTV at 848x400. |
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