wireless stories

 
One way to improve just about anything without spending too much money and/or effort on it is to just make it less inefficient. There's a lot of inefficiency in our wireless networks, and researchers at MIT have been able to use simple GPS tricks to reduce dropped calls and improve data rates.
 
If you want to wirelessly send media to another device — like, say, from your laptop to your sexy Google TV product — it typically involves the tedious exercise of connecting the two devices your Wi-Fi network. Since they both have Wi-Fi, couldn't you just save time by eliminating the middleman that is your Wi-Fi router? That's exactly what a new tech called Wi-Fi Direct does.
 
Sick of that Wi-Fi signal dying whenever you need it most? That may be happening a lot less in the coming years as the FCC pushes forward a plan to turbocharge the wireless tech, giving it longer range and improving its capability to penetrate walls. The key: unused airwaves between TV channels.

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