I have plug sockets all around the room, so power is easy to source.pjkelnhofer said:
However I'd have to take up the carpet to run speaker cable underneath, and that would create a bump in the carpet, even with the flat-grade cable.
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However I'd have to take up the carpet to run speaker cable underneath, and that would create a bump in the carpet, even with the flat-grade cable.
Neat!
If Wireless Firewire comes out, and Mac OS X by then supports IP over Firewire, we'd have IP over wireless WiFi! 😀 Now all we need left is a device that has a standard 4-port 10/100Mbps switch with wireless wifi. 😀
Seriously though, I'd like this very much for my external firewire hard drive. How far does the specifications allow for distance?
If Wireless Firewire comes out, and Mac OS X by then supports IP over Firewire, we'd have IP over wireless WiFi! 😀 Now all we need left is a device that has a standard 4-port 10/100Mbps switch with wireless wifi. 😀
Seriously though, I'd like this very much for my external firewire hard drive. How far does the specifications allow for distance?
Colonel Panik
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sinisterdesign
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SiliconAddict said:
the company that you're referring to is MobileWise. it sounds pretty sweet, i remember reading about it in T3 last year. the only snag is that the gadget needs one of their chips embedded in it to draw power. the chips sound cheap ($5 for laptops, $2 for cells), it's just getting the manufacturer to embed them. we'll see if it takes off. hope so, i'm sick of all these stupid AC wires getting tangled around my feet.
and for the guy that was tired of running speaker wire up his walls, check out DeWire. you can spray mount this stuff to the wall, spread some sheatrock compound over it & paint. poof, no more wires! of course, no more $$ in the wallet, that stuff isn't cheap.
FiWiFi ?
Dyslexic:
FiWi
Does this mean Flame War Driving? (firewire snoops)
"I don't mind cables. Its the mess they make when I yank one out and they all seem to disagree!" -EdSki
Dyslexic:
FiWi
Does this mean Flame War Driving? (firewire snoops)
"I don't mind cables. Its the mess they make when I yank one out and they all seem to disagree!" -EdSki
whooleytoo
macrumors 604
Colonel Panik said:
😉 I think that's too high-brow for these forums!
Still, it would be funny to see Apple trying to patent Fire.
Or hear Steve Jobs how Apple's Fire is 'Hotter than anything else out there'!
Or say "PC's won't have Fire until Hell freezes over.."
Apple has been developing wireless power for years!
http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/2002_11_24_archive.htm
Tuesday, November 26, 2002 *
Apple Working On Wireless Power.
Reports from Cupertino indicate that Apple is preparing to shock the technology industry yet again. Sources within the company claim that the next round of PowerBooks and iBooks will make laptop users fully mobile through the introduction of wireless power.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior Apple hardware engineer said the technology would work similarly to Airport. A base station placed in a central location within a home or business would beam concentrated microwaves to receptors on any Apple laptop within 50 yards, providing a continuous stream of power.
One serious drawback to the technology is that intense microwave beams of this nature have been known to incinerate objects.
Asked what kind of objects, the engineer said "Uh, well, lamps. Books. Glasses."
"Pets."
"Family members and other loved ones."
Apple is confident that it can mitigate this drawback and make the technology feasible for mass distribution provided it can come up with a catchy enough name to market it under.
"Internally we've been calling it the Death Ray," CARS' source said, "ever since it got Jenkins. Poor sap. Walked right into the beam. Poof!
"And him just two weeks away from retirement. It's a damn shame.
"But that name's obviously a non-starter in the marketing department. Right now they're leaning toward Airpower, but people are concerned that lacks pizazz and is too derivative of Airport.
"I said, how about the Killer Beam That's Claimed Six Lives Already?! They all just looked at me like I was losing it. I dunno, maybe I am. You watch six people get vaporized and see how you handle it."
Sources indicate the technology is being pushed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs who wants it ready for announcement at Macworld in July.
"I better get back to work," the engineer said. "See if anyone else bought it.
"'Don't go inside the orange cones!' I tell them," he added, shaking his head sadly. "I spent all day Thursday sweeping up an intern. They just don't listen."
http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/2002_11_24_archive.htm
Tuesday, November 26, 2002 *
Apple Working On Wireless Power.
Reports from Cupertino indicate that Apple is preparing to shock the technology industry yet again. Sources within the company claim that the next round of PowerBooks and iBooks will make laptop users fully mobile through the introduction of wireless power.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior Apple hardware engineer said the technology would work similarly to Airport. A base station placed in a central location within a home or business would beam concentrated microwaves to receptors on any Apple laptop within 50 yards, providing a continuous stream of power.
One serious drawback to the technology is that intense microwave beams of this nature have been known to incinerate objects.
Asked what kind of objects, the engineer said "Uh, well, lamps. Books. Glasses."
"Pets."
"Family members and other loved ones."
Apple is confident that it can mitigate this drawback and make the technology feasible for mass distribution provided it can come up with a catchy enough name to market it under.
"Internally we've been calling it the Death Ray," CARS' source said, "ever since it got Jenkins. Poor sap. Walked right into the beam. Poof!
"And him just two weeks away from retirement. It's a damn shame.
"But that name's obviously a non-starter in the marketing department. Right now they're leaning toward Airpower, but people are concerned that lacks pizazz and is too derivative of Airport.
"I said, how about the Killer Beam That's Claimed Six Lives Already?! They all just looked at me like I was losing it. I dunno, maybe I am. You watch six people get vaporized and see how you handle it."
Sources indicate the technology is being pushed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs who wants it ready for announcement at Macworld in July.
"I better get back to work," the engineer said. "See if anyone else bought it.
"'Don't go inside the orange cones!' I tell them," he added, shaking his head sadly. "I spent all day Thursday sweeping up an intern. They just don't listen."
AAAHAHAHAHHA! Im still getting a kick out of the possibility of it being called what it truly is....
Wireless = WiFi
FireWire = FiWi
So, we have WiFi-FiWi
Aaaaahhhh...my tummy hurts! 😀
Wireless = WiFi
FireWire = FiWi
So, we have WiFi-FiWi
Aaaaahhhh...my tummy hurts! 😀
Wireless Power Real
You do realize that Wireless Power isn't fiction, right? Nikoli Tesla spent many years working on it, and light up part of a rural town, Colorado maybe, before the farmer where the tower was located got sick of his cows getting zapped.
twalkabout said:
You do realize that Wireless Power isn't fiction, right? Nikoli Tesla spent many years working on it, and light up part of a rural town, Colorado maybe, before the farmer where the tower was located got sick of his cows getting zapped.
SyndicateX said:
You'd better start setting up the knowledge base for it:
The WiFi-FiWi WikiWiki.
(I think that means something in the Conehead language)
HiRez
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Perhaps, except I doubt the government is going to allow devices to transmit power through people's brains. That's a health risk and it's doubtful we'll see it anytime soon regardless of the technology. Even if a device were created, it would take years or decades to prove it safe enough for use. Not to mention all the electromagnetic interference issues.Wash!! said:
HiRez said:
How do you know that? The local AM station is pumping 50000 Watts of power through your brain right now.
ultra wide band spectrum vs signal strength and what that means
Ultra wide band varies from all other spectrum devices that we have available for public use. The main civilian spectrum which is unlicensed is 49mhz, 900mhz, 2.4gz, 5.7, and 5.8 gz these are all minute slices of spectrum, whose power output is up to about a watt. At a watt, if no one else is using the spectrum, it is not inconceivable to get a mile. The problem comes with high density. every 30-90 feet in a city there is a 2.4gz device. You can't hear from the bedroom to the kitchen, because all of your neighbors are broadcasting very loudly on the same spectrum.
This is where ultra wide band comes in. The ultra wide band specification is written such that signal can not be differentiated from background radiation at 30 feet. The power output is extremely low, but for that reason, the signal clarity at short distances is very high. The maximum range is expected to be about 4 feet.
This would be for instance far enough to reach from your ipod to your computer, and from your computer to the hard drives stacked on top of it. But it may not be far enough to reach from your computer to your monitor, and definitely not far enough for a wireless monitor that you could take across the room.
The anticipated initial use of this is from your dvd player, to your vcr, to your receiver, to your tape deck, and if it was sitting on top of the stack, your TV, but that maybe too far away.
Ultra wide band varies from all other spectrum devices that we have available for public use. The main civilian spectrum which is unlicensed is 49mhz, 900mhz, 2.4gz, 5.7, and 5.8 gz these are all minute slices of spectrum, whose power output is up to about a watt. At a watt, if no one else is using the spectrum, it is not inconceivable to get a mile. The problem comes with high density. every 30-90 feet in a city there is a 2.4gz device. You can't hear from the bedroom to the kitchen, because all of your neighbors are broadcasting very loudly on the same spectrum.
This is where ultra wide band comes in. The ultra wide band specification is written such that signal can not be differentiated from background radiation at 30 feet. The power output is extremely low, but for that reason, the signal clarity at short distances is very high. The maximum range is expected to be about 4 feet.
This would be for instance far enough to reach from your ipod to your computer, and from your computer to the hard drives stacked on top of it. But it may not be far enough to reach from your computer to your monitor, and definitely not far enough for a wireless monitor that you could take across the room.
The anticipated initial use of this is from your dvd player, to your vcr, to your receiver, to your tape deck, and if it was sitting on top of the stack, your TV, but that maybe too far away.