Scientists design Wi-Fi chip that uses 1,000 times less power
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It works on the principle of reflection rather than being an active transmitter / receiver.
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Re: Scientists design Wi-Fi chip that uses 1,000 times less power
Nice development indeed.
Wondering how reliable the connection would be. Bursts of speed are one thing, but hopefully, the chip doesn't disconnect every 5 seconds.
Re: Scientists design Wi-Fi chip that uses 1,000 times less power
It's very frustrating when multiple networks are nearby but the device chooses to change to another which then shows a login page in the browser so connection are dropped
Re: Scientists design Wi-Fi chip that uses 1,000 times less power
... so you loose apps which must be restarted after every connection loss.
Re: Scientists design Wi-Fi chip that uses 1,000 times less power
SO change your preferred network settings and it will stop hopping round signals ;)