802.11ac anyone?
USB cuts the cord, again, with WiGig-derived wireless spec
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) Implementors Forum has announced that development is under way on a new “Media Agnostic (MA) USB specification. MA-USB removes the need for USB devices to connect by wire. Instead, they'll use WiGi, WiFi or maybe even UWB to swap data with whatever other systems they connect to. The choice of …
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Wednesday 19th March 2014 11:36 GMT Ed 13
Oh no, not again...
What exactly does this give us that WiFi and/or Bluetooth doesn't, both of which are established technologies, which can be implemented, with antenna, in about the area of a thumbnail?
On the plus side, perhaps someone will want the USB-UWB test gear I have here!
Obligatory xkcd cartoon: http://xkcd.com/927