Boffins demo wireless electricity
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Switching on lightbulbs from a distance Researchers in the US have demonstrated an experimental wireless energy transfer system that could pave the way for truly wireless computing. The team has already successfully made a 60W light bulb light up from a distance of 2 metres.â¦
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It's a wireless world, and Atheros powers a good part of it.
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Punts 802.11a kit at gamers, multi-room music streamers
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802.11n standard 'at serious risk' Exclusive The IEEE working group developing the 802.11n Wi-Fi is holding urgent meetings this week to discuss a significant threat to the standard from patents held by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Despite requests from the IEEE, CSIRO has failed to promise not to sue anyone for infringement.â¦
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New technologies wirelessly transmit high-definition video.
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WiMax technology, including a module that goes inside a wiring closet and work alongside cellular, Wi-Fi and public safety networks, will be shown at this week's WiMax World conference in Chicago.
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Make the moo jokes, make the methane jokes, make any joke you like -- but the One Laptop Per Child project is pondering the prospect of using cattle to generate electrical power for their low-cost computers. Has Bossy got what it takes to roam the information superhighway?
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David Farr isn't the only chief executive who gets giddy when he talks about his company's venture into new wireless products. But Emerson Electric Co. isn't selling the kind of wireless technology that lets you download songs while sipping a latte. It's selling the kind of wireless products that keep oil refineries from exploding and killing hundreds of people.
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British boffins have developed wallpaper that blocks Wi-Fi traffic but still allows other wireless transmissions to pass through in a bid to prevent unauthorised access to sensitive data via the WLAN.
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Nanoparticles can be activated by radio frequencies.
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Factor 15 protection Two team of boffins have independently set up quantum computers running proof of concept versions of an algorithm for factorisation.â¦
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Chris Hardwick, co-host of Wired Science on PBS, takes a look at the Neonode N2, a super-small cellphone from Swedish phone startup Neonode.
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Bluetooth -- a short-range wireless technology -- is finally coming of age.
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Wireless broadband isn't the only wireless game in town.  Columnist Craig Mathias describes a slew of short-range but very important types of wireless that are starting to become widely used.
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Electricity available day and night is due to come online for a small island community for the first time.
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With Bluetooth short-range wireless technology finding its way into an array of hardware products, ranging from mobile phones to in-vehicle telematics systems, a working group promoting the specification has outlined a strategy to make it even more attractive and useful.
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It could be a single malfunctioning power supply. Or, from the other side of the glass, it could be a portent of doom for a technology that would make good use of all those TV channels that no one's broadcasting on, for wireless networking.