Multi-gigabit wireless research could make wired computers and peripherals obsolete

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Stephane Pinel a research scientist with the Georgia Electronic Design Center demonstrates gigabit-wireless technology at the groups Atlanta headquarters. Credit: Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek
Stephane Pinel, a research scientist with the Georgia Electronic Design Center, demonstrates gigabit-wireless technology at the group’s Atlanta headquarters. Credit: Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek

New research at the Georgia Institute of Technology could soon make that tangle of wires under desks and in data centers a thing of the past.


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