High speed short range wireless technology has just gotten a huge boost from Melbourne scientists. These scientists have recently unveiled the “GiFi”, a tiny (5mm per side) chip that transmits data over 10 meters at 5 Gbps. Ridiculous. The chip is about a year away from public release and will cost $10 to produce.
An entire high-definition movie from a video shop kiosk could be transmitted to a mobile phone in a few seconds, and the phone could then upload the movie to a home computer or screen at the same speed.
read it here (via The Age)