It's a cliché now that the paperless office is anything but. And it's rapidly becoming a cliché that our wireless world is also anything but.
My cordless mouse has a cord. It connects the mouse's base station to the computer - otherwise the mouse couldn't communicate with the laptop. There's another cord connecting the base station to the AC adaptor, so it has power.
My cell phone has both an AC adaptor and a USB cord to connect it to the laptop.
The digital camera has a cord to connect to the AC adaptor/battery charger and a USB cord to connect it to the computer. Ditto for the Clie PDA.
My headphones have a cord to connect them to the computer and to the mp3 player.
The AirPort wi-fi hub has a cord to connect it to the AC adaptor and a cable connecting it to the adsl modem.
That's a lot of cords and cables, and sometimes they get very tangled.
A lot of them could be eliminated through the adoption of Bluetooth technology. Bluetooth allows devices to automatically recognize each other and connect at short distance. Imagine a digital camera equipped with Bluetooth - it could send images directly to the computer, to a printer, to a cellphone or a PDA. Bluetooth-equipped headphones could pick up audio signals from an mp3 player, from a computer, even from a stereo receiver. A Bluetooth enabled PDA would be able to synchronize contacts and appointments with a computer and browse the web and send and receive emails through a wi-fi hub.
All this is very possible and achievable. Many of these devices already have Bluetooth enabled. I don't know about headphones, but the others certainly do. It would be nice to get rid of that tangle of cables.
Sending electricity without cords is another matter. But who knows. Maybe someday...
Posted by wetcoast at July 12, 2003 03:22 PMI'm writing a dissertation(Thesis) for my college coursework based on telecommunications featuring Bluetooth, 3-G Technology and the mobile networks. It is difficult to find information on certain areas including Bluetooth that is not already widely known. If you could help me find more information or pass on some of your own information on any of the areas in question it would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by: Jonathan Croucher at September 30, 2003 05:50 AMI'm writing a dissertation(Thesis) for my college coursework based on telecommunications featuring Bluetooth, 3-G Technology and the mobile networks. It is difficult to find information on certain areas including Bluetooth that is not already widely known. If you could help me find more information or pass on some of your own information on any of the areas in question it would be greatly appreciated
Posted by: Jonathan Croucher at September 30, 2003 05:51 AM