In Search of Wireless Nirvana

by Martin Brampton ZDNet News, 22 Mar 2005 A major attraction of Bluetooth is the elimination of wires. Most computers are a mess of connections and a rat's nest of cables. Quite apart from wanting to be tidy, the messiness and inflexibility of cable limits flexibility in offices. Although wireless might eliminate cabled data connections, we are left with the problem that so many devices need a power supply. Offering this through the Ethernet link has attractions but only if the network link is a cable. Unfortunately wireless power supply looks to have insuperable problems at the levels currently required. Read the article