Red Dwarf Ping!
Posted on 12/04/2014 8:24:14 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
You might only just have got your head round the idea of 4G, but a new network is just around the corner, and it could be 100s of times faster – and the new technology could lead to a world where everything from your car to your lightbulbs ‘talk to you’ via apps.
When David Cameron first mentioned research into 5G, he suggested 5G-equipped devices could download HD films in a second – but the new network might be so fast it can download 800 films per second, according to University of Surrey researchers.
‘Latency’ – that annoying ‘lag’ when you wait for a network to respond – will drop to 1/1,000th of a second, imperceptible to humans.
It’s not pie-in-the-sky technology either – London Mayor Boris Johnson announced that it will be in London by 2020.
By the year 2020, there may be 100 billion devices online – most of them demanding high-speed data services such as video and advanced gaming.
Chinese telecoms company Huawei is also working on a version of 5G for the 2018 World Cup in Moscow.
But increased speeds – and better coverage – could just be the tip of the iceberg with the new technology, which will be built to connect everything from cars to fridges to the internet.
The 5G network will be fast enough to deliver ultra-detailed 3D maps to driverless cars, such as the ones Google has under test in California.
The fast, two-way connection will also enable technologies such as fridges which connect to the internet and order shopping by themselves – using internal scanners to work out how many cartons of milk are in stock, then ordering when needed, according to the University of Surrey team.
The University of Surrey researchers predict demand for mobile data may be 100 times bigger within the next decade – and that the key to 5G will be a network that judges what users need, and provides it using any available resources from mobile masts to Wi-Fi hotspots.
The researchers write, ‘One result will be that in the future, there will be a wide range of business models – for example as well as paying operators to provide us with coverage, we may be able to charge others for the coverage we provide with our Wi-Fi routers or femtocell home base stations.’
I’ve seen the YouTube video about fixing the water level and offered to do it for the wifey.
She declined.
But she does use the manual switch to add water for very heavy loads. She told me that the nominal water level is OK most of the time.
I agree with you about CR. Too PC. Way too PC. I gave up Scientific American for the same reason. Science taking a back seat to politics. Ruined a great mag.
Obama wants the internet regulated for uniform service to everyone even the non-paying. The democrats will screw this up and it will arrive 25 years late, just watch.
Hey buddy, you're not that bright...
Yeah, me too. I miss those old mags, informative and fun, now just PC BS. The only magazine I read now is Wired, for some reason it never touches PC. Great for spotting trends and explaining what they mean... You just have to past the graphic style..G
Red Dwarf Ping!
One of the funniest scenes ever. Even Kryten was annoyed by the infernal thing. Possibly the BEST. SHOW. EVER.
It was pretty funny. Just do not count the so-called ‘final season’, which wasn’t as good.
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