[Year 12 IPM] CSIRO breaks wireless record

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Here is an Australian first by CSIRO .. they seem to make a habit of
breaking wireless speed records. I can see yet another wireless upgrade
happening in a few years if this keeps up. I use this info the classroom to
'gestimate' data transmission speeds with students, comparing it with
information around the school, too and from mars etc.

Regards Roland


http://www.solve.csiro.au/0806/article17.htm
> http://www.csiro.au/csiro/content/standard/ps1k9.html
>
> CSIRO breaks wireless record
>
> Selina Mitchell and Stuart Kennedy - December 12, 2006
>
> CSIRO scientists claim they have created the world's fastest wireless
> computer link.
>
> The scientific agency's ICT Centre said it had achieved a speed of
> more than 6Gbps over a point-to-point wireless connection.
>
> CSIRO said that at this speed the entire works of Shakespeare could
> be transmitted in under seven-thousandths of a second and a full DVD
> movie in just over six seconds.
>
> That sort of speed makes the fastest internet connection available to
> consumers today look sleepy. Under ideal conditions, the best service
> from Telstra and other telcos is flat out downloading a 2GB DVD in 15
> minutes.
>

-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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