Ravenswing
09-04-2002, 10:14 AM
It appears that those exciting folks at NASA and the CAA have been testing UWB networking equipment and say they could down planes, so all laptops might have to be banned on aircraft in the future (because staff can't determine what a laptop might have installed).
The full article is at http://www.ultrawidebandplanet.com/products/article/0,,10851_1455881,00.html.
Of course, you have to modulate the UWB signal, and raise its power to 100 times the recommended level before you get an effect, but that probably won't stop the legislation. (Except even mobile phones aren't legislated against. It all comes down to FAA regulations, which aren't law, but are backed by law. Ah well.)
It reminds me of a Jaser Carrot joke:
"You're eating Frankfurter? Are you mad? Do you know they force fed a rat a million frankfurters and it died."
"What of?"
"Mustard poisoning."
I think modern technology could well end up being poisoned by mustard.
The full article is at http://www.ultrawidebandplanet.com/products/article/0,,10851_1455881,00.html.
Of course, you have to modulate the UWB signal, and raise its power to 100 times the recommended level before you get an effect, but that probably won't stop the legislation. (Except even mobile phones aren't legislated against. It all comes down to FAA regulations, which aren't law, but are backed by law. Ah well.)
It reminds me of a Jaser Carrot joke:
"You're eating Frankfurter? Are you mad? Do you know they force fed a rat a million frankfurters and it died."
"What of?"
"Mustard poisoning."
I think modern technology could well end up being poisoned by mustard.