Long-Distance Wi-Fi

Intel has found a way to stretch a Wi-Fi signal from one antenna to another located more than 60 miles away. Technology Review reports.

"The wireless technology, called the rural connectivity platform - that can send data from a city to outlying rural areas tens of miles away - will be helpful to computer-equipped students in poor countries, says Jeff Galinovsky, a senior platform manager at Intel.

... There is nothing particularly innovative in the antenna technology and the router hardware, he says. The trick, he explains, comes in the software that the radios use to communicate with each other."

emily | 6:42 PM | Technology |
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