UWB

Here you can find a brief article from The Technology Quaterly of The Economist dovoted to UltraWideBand technology. The article summarizes very clearly the characteristics of that wireless technology, its promises and the situation of the standards war that is taking place within the industry, so I think it's worth reading.

The Wired people out there is thinking about their wall-mounted plasma TV showing the HDTV streams that are being broadcasted from the PC, or maybe the possibility of downloading their photos, music or videos directly to their computers through a Wireless USB conexion avoiding the need for a phisical conection.