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Bluetooth with 1km range
In a move I can only describe as a blatant attempt to mess with Bluetooth proximity marketers everywhere, wireless chip specialist Ezurio has pushed out the boundaries of Bluetooth with a module that gives the short-range wireless protocol a range of 1 km.
Kidding aside, this could be beneficial in a couple of ways:
- Extending the physical reach of proximity marketing
- Improving the quality of short range connections
Although Bluetooth is typically viewed as a very short range technology, the standard supports a high-power opton. According to the article, Ezurio has already supplied "hundreds of thousands" of Bluetooth modules to customers using the protocol over these distances.
Via Techworld .
