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Broadcom to unveil four faster Wi-Fi chips for CES
The International Consumer Electronics Show next week may be a major launchpad for a new, faster generation of Wi-Fi that goes about three times faster than current gear, with at least one major silicon vendor announcing and demonstrating a set of chips for the IEEE 802.11ac standard.
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Ruckus ChannelFly aims to fight wireless interference
Ruckus Wireless took another shot at optimising Wi-Fi capacity this week, introducing a technology called ChannelFly that is designed to place network clients on the best possible channel based on the actual capacity of that channel.
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Avaya rolls out ERS 4000 series extensions
Avaya has rolled out extensions to its 4000 series switches and said its year-old virtualised networking architecture is taking hold in campuses and data centres.
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100G Ethernet with Brocade MLXe router implemented by medical group
100G Ethernet has been implemented by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a nonprofit medical research organisation, to boost their network bandwidth for advanced data analysis.
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Aerohive pushes branch networks to the cloud
Aerohive Networks is planning to put branch offices' networks in the cloud for a annual fee starting at $99 (£63).
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Raytheon researchers develop Iron Man powered exoskeleton
If you ever watched or read the comics, you might have wished you could own an Iron Man armored suit. Fortunately, your daydreams of being a legit Tony Stark may be a little closer to reality than you think with Raytheon Sarcos's newest exoskeleton model.
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IEEE sets 802.22 standard for white space transmissions
A newly published standard for using the "white spaces" between TV channels could offer as much as 22Mbps over distances as great as 100 kilometres (62 miles).
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Ethernet vendors lagging behind on bandwidth needs
Ethernet vendors will need to develop faster products more quickly to keep up with the demand being created by mobile and cloud computing, some participants at an industry group meeting said.
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German robot scientists test toughness with a baseball bat
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has popped up here on GeekTech a few times with some very dexterous robots, but apparently they're pretty tough too, like taking a beating from a baseball bat tough. In the video below, DLR Hand Arm System and its about to receive a "stress test," and impressively enough, the arm functions as well afterwards as it did before receiving a blow.
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Avaya adds new top-of-rack switch to VENA range
Avaya this week will extend it data centre networking line and architecture with a new top-of-rack switch.
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