Japanese researchers at KDDI have spliced two technologies that didn't seem to have
much of a future in the wireless realm -- USB and Infrared -- and come up with a method for achieving transmission speeds of up to 1Gbps. Their innovation is in overcoming a latency problem that until now prevented USB 2.0 transmissions from being converted into Infrared signals and then back into electronic form. While still very early in the development and standardization process, this is a tantalizing premise, especially with ever-increasing storage capacities
in portable devices. The new communication medium, which admittedly sounds a lot like
irSimple, will be demonstrated for the first time at the Wireless Japan 2009 exhibition later this month, but we wouldn't hold out hope for an imminent release.
posted Jul 17th 2009 1:03AM
Thanks Tech-On, that looked really hard to translate.
I like how all the represented devices are generic, but the Portable Music Player is an iPod...
It looks like an ipod but it isn't. the click wheel isn't a wheel. see..
Ipod's don't have KIRF square pads.
I think its more intelligent to make everything bluetooth or wifi.
Line-of-sight hassles are so 1999.
Two-three years from know when wireless connections for HD and USB are mainstream scientists will be pondering, "how do we solve this line-of-sight issue?" "Oh wait I have it! We'll connect the devices with physical cable! Brilliant!"
Or we are all going to get cancer 10 to 15 years down the line due to all the radiation the different wireless signals put out.
Gotta watch out for all those Xrays and Gamma rays your WiFi puts out you know.
Unless you're saying that all the non-ionizing radiation will just fry us all alive like a giant microwave.
Line of sight has its advantages - lower power use, better security (directional transmission instead of spewing data everywhere like WiFi/BT), less interference with nearby computers/peripherals. If they could widen the line of sight to an acceptable level, this could be very promising.
@Justin
It may not be ionizing, but go stick your head in front of a 500W radio transmitter beam and tell me how it went..
Maaan, how come Tojo always gets the best stuff...
What are you talking about, Doc? All the best stuff's made in Japan.
infrared?
INFRARED???
so instead of bluetooth 2.0 or wifi, they decide to work on something else?
Whats the use anyways? We've already got bluetooth.. with faster speed.