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Previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14659236 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14659236 It's not a cellphone. It's basically an backscatter analo
by camtarn 9y ago
Previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14659236 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14659236
It's not a cellphone. It's basically an backscatter analog audio bug which doesn't even operate on cellphone frequencies, and which has a range of only ~15 metres.
- Animats 9y agoTrue. If they could make a Bluetooth earpiece powered this way, though, they'd have a product.
- throwanem 9y agoWould they? Those drop out often enough already, without being subject to the vagaries of the local microwave environment in order to power themselves at all. Don't get me wrong - I love my Rowkin Mini, and a self-charging Bluetooth earbud would be an awesome thing to have! I'm just not sure how realistic a prospect that really is.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoof-course this is false marketing, common among university researchers to generate the most buzz. More accurately, this should be called a cordless landline.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoIt seems to me that wired article should be considered the duplicate post, since this is the source article.