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A new type of antenna that makes use of plasma consisting of only electrons could revolutionize high-speed wireless communications.
Mobility is clearly becoming the future of, well, everything, and dramatically increasing the ability of mobile devices to receive and transmit information would only continue to drive innovation and adoption. Here’s just one example – I am big Howard Stern fan, he’s the reason I have Sirius radio. He just renewed his contract, but during his negotiations (at least what he revealed on air), he was giving his vision of the future which mostly involved soft SIM cards that would enable people to listen to digital transmissions via wireless networks. Stern signed a new contract with Sirius (thankfully), but I wonder if part of the reason is that his vision of the future of radio just isn’t ready. The truth is that there simply isn’t enough bandwidth to go around right now (see previous discussions). Without enough bandwidth, very few companies want to roll the dice on creating consumer electronics that rely on bandwidth – so innovation is stifled.
But, what if there was super fast wireless? If devices weren’t limited by connectivity, then it is easy to imagine all the things that could suddenly be connected and made mobile: true mobile TV; true video chat (conference style), etc. No pun intended, but the sky is the limit, and a new antenna that enables Wi-Gig may be the answer.
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