February 25, 2016
...AND CHEAPER...:
New 'Passive Wi-Fi' breakthrough using 10,000 times less power will save your smartphone battery (Mary-Ann Russon, February 25, 2016, IB Times)
Computer scientists and electrical engineers from the University of Washington (UW) in the US have found a way to make Wi-Fi much more energy efficient so that it stops placing a strain on your smartphone or tablet battery.The researchers have developed a new technique for generating Wi-Fi that uses up to 10,000 times less power than the typical Wi-Fi does today, and even more surprising, this "Passive Wi-Fi" also uses 1,000 times less energy than both Bluetooth Low Energy and Zigbee.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 25, 2016 3:54 PM