A new Wi-Fi transmissions system called Passive Wi-Fi, created by engineers at the University of Washington has created Wi-Fi transmissions that use 10,000 times less power than usual. This system works with the latest smartphones, routers and successfully downloads at the speed of 11Mbps (megabits). This feat sets it on par with current LTE download speeds.
One of the contributors to the project and assistant professor of computer science, Shyam Gollakota, stated that they were checking if they could attain Wi-Fi transmissions with very little electricity. They succeeded by getting Wi-Fi 10,000 times less than the top ones in the market. This would be very helpful to smartphone and tablet users who are in constant need of access to Wi-Fi.
The University of Washington in agreement said that this new development could open doors for new forms of communication that were hindered due to low availability of power supply from overpowering energy needs.
Passive Wi-Fi has already started receiving recognition and has been tagged by the MIT Technology Review as one of the 10 breakthrough technologies of 2016. Though Science Alert has pointed out that this system has not been verified on its own, so should not be taken seriously.
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