Archive for the ‘Wi-Fi’ Category
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Wireless Challenge #163: Ice Storm! (Mount Saint Helena, Feb 2009)
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke
Wireless is magic. You point two antennas at each other over a span of miles, and broadband comes out the other end. Most of the time.
I hate wireless.
Today, we sold our ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Wi-Fi embedded moduleThe Wi-Fi Alliance has published 2007’s Wi-Fi chipset shipment numbers. The total for 2007 is 300,000,000 Wi-Fi chips. That’s a lot of gear. But, the stunning part is the growth: 41% over 2006.
Meanwhile, there are new uses for Wi-Fi. Skyhook is now offering location ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
(existing Wi-Fi, click to zoom)
Our low power mesh Wi-Fi project has been slowly growing in coverage, and we are now serving between 250 and 300 users per day with free broadband access. Service is available in parts of Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Airport Express buses to SFO, plus scattered locations ...
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