Category: Wi-Fi
Keep safe from fire or carbon monoxide… By The Power Of Wi-Safe!
That’s right. Experts continue to argue over whether Wi-Fi fries your brains or not, but on the bright side, wireless technology could at least protect you from a fiery / gassy death. At least, it could if you buy FireAngel’s new Wi-Safe range of products.
The Ten Tech Trends that will define 2007
By definition, technology is always evolving faster than any expert can keep up with it, no matter how much of a boffin they are. But right now, in 2007, the pace of change feels more rapid than ever.
Around us, consumer technology products are evolving, converging and spawning new gadgets like mad. Simply keeping up with the main developments is an exhausting (not to mention expensive) process. Still, that doesn’t stop us trying. In recent weeks, I’ve been analysing the ten consumer technology trends that I think are going to be most interesting in the second half of 2007.
Belkin N1 Vision router with speed and bandwidth display
How many times have you found yourself thinking “is my connection running slow?” Well, you’ll know for sure with the Belkin N1 Vision router.
Sony's Vaio WA1 wireless boombox
Music trapped on your computer’s hard drive? Well, Sony’s Vaio WA1 wireless boombox could be a useful too to free it up.
Tivoli unveils NetWorks internet radios
Tivoli, best known for its stylish table top radios and stereo systems, has unveiled its NetWorks Internet radios – and the majority don’t look a million miles from its existing systems.
Hitachi RFID dust to track your family jewels
If you’re worried about your jewelry catching unwanted attention from would-be thieves, you’ll be happy to know Hitachi is right on the problem. They’re working with jewelers to embed their almost-invisibly-small RFID dust in rings, watches, necklaces, and other small stealables, so that they can be easily tracked and selling them is more difficult. Each chip has a unique 38-digit number which is integrated into the circuitry, and broadcasts to a special receiver. (Logically the easiest way around these is simply to short out the RFID chip and claim it doesn’t have the identifier in the first place.) Somewhat unexpectedly, Wal-Mart plans to be among the first to debut the technology, presumably more to avert shoplifting than handsome and daring cat burglars who will also make sweet sweet love to you before vanishing with your heart and a handful of family jewels. [GT]
Radio tags could make jewelry more secure (via Red Ferret)
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One For All Wi-Fi Antenna – boost your range
If your Wi-Fi signal is pretty pitiful, you might bne able to boost it with this One For All Wi-Fi Antenna, which claims to enhance the range to 500 metres, as well as offering an 8dBi signal gain.
Buffalo's Wireless-G High Gain Omni Directional USB 2.0 Adapter for improved Wi-Fi coverage
Buffalo has launched the Wireless-G High Gain Omni Directional USB 2.0 Adapter, designed to boost your wireless reception on the move.
Madasafish offers broadband customers Wi-Fi router and dongle
A number of ISPs throw in a wireless router to tempt you in, but one ISP is offering that bit extra – a USB dongle.
Meraki solar powered outdoor Wi-Fi access kit
The Meraki Solar Powered Outdoor Wi-Fi Access Kit spreads a broadband wireless signal up to 700 feet in all directions. When you add an antenna, the range increases to six to EIGHTEEN (!!) miles. It’s $99 but it means that the entire neighborhood will have broadband. Not only is that a superlatively good deal on the face of it, personally that would mean that I would no longer have to worry about trying to find places in the neighborhood with internet access, and I’d probably save $99 on coffee in the first month. [GT]
Meraki solar powered outdoor wi-fi acess kit (via SciFi Tech)
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