Posts Tagged UWB
Posted on September 5, 2008 by admin

“Gefen has announced a new wireless HDMI extender that uses UWB technology from Tzero Technologies. The no cable extender delivers wired quality HDMI from Blu-ray and other HDMI sources to the TV or projector.
The extender features built-in interference elimination technology for optimal picture quality. The device can stream full 1080p with 5.1 surround sound up [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2008 by admin

The future of tech in just one word: plastics
“In the 2002 movie “Minority Report,” director Steven Spielberg painted the future as a place where no surface was still. Newspapers updated in readers’ hands and advertisements talked to passersby. Even cereal boxes were animated.
Now, these technologies are finally arriving, albeit in a piecemeal fashion. One of [...]
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Posted on July 26, 2008 by admin

“John Santhoff, CTO of Pulse~Link Inc., puts his hand over the upper left corner of the 42-inch Westinghouse flat-panel high-definition TV set, then moves it to the upper right corner. The picture fades slightly, so Santhoff knows that is where the manufacturer has put the Ultra-Wideband antenna in this set. Until he cups his palm [...]
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Posted on May 3, 2008 by admin

“Unlike Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and soon Ultra WideBand and Wireless USB, Sony’s TransferJet technology isn’t proposed as a disruptive transmission force: it uses electric induction to transmit data rather than the radiation field antennas used by 802.11 Wi-Fi kit.
This means that TransferJet won’t interfere with or be degraded by any surrounding radio signals “…. <More Via [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by admin

#8 Talkster Talk can’t get any cheaper than with Talkster
the only service providing free long distance, international and group conference calls from any phone on any network
#5 Ribbit Not another phone company, but a new kind of phone company—one that boasts an open platform that enables developers to easily integrate voice into almost any [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2008 by admin

“A short demonstration of PacketVideo’s mobile broadcast receiver. This matchbox-sized device turns any WiFi-enabled device into a mobile TV”…. (More)
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Posted on February 27, 2008 by admin

# 2 Skyfire is a free, downloadable Windows Mobile smartphone browser touted as a “better than iPhone” experience. In addition to enabling full audio and video, Flash content, QuickTime, advanced Ajax and Java, Skyfire displays web pages in miniaturized form, a la iPhone, with a SmartFit feature that resizes each article’s text to fit within [...]
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Posted on February 22, 2008 by admin

“Google believes balloons like these could radically change the economics of offering cellphone and Internet services in out-of-the-way areas, according to people familiar with its thinking. The company is among the registered bidders for a big chunk of radio spectrum at a government auction”…. <Full WSJ Article>
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Posted on December 18, 2007 by admin

“The system comprises of two units (transmitter and receiver), wiht one plugged into the audio source (anything from an iPod to a computer), with the receiver at the other end (your large stereo for example). Once connected, you can send any audio source from the transmitter to the receiver, which includes digital files and online [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2007 by admin

“News just in from the connected HDTV frontier (yes, it does exist): LG’s new 52LG71 telly combines 52-inch LCD 1080p goodness with blazing fast 802.11n Wi-Fi.Great! But why would you want a Wi-Fi TV? To stream high-definition video, of course, whether it’s from your computer or from online services. And yes, there isn’t much HD [...]
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