Whoda thunk it? Bluetooth satellite connection.

[thiggins]

Hubble Network makes Bluetooth connection with a satellite for the first time | TechCrunch

Hubble Network has become the first company in history to establish a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite — a critical technology validation for

techcrunch.com

 

[MDM]

Always considered Bluetooth as short range option...
Guess not!

 

[thiggins]

Me too. A key to the solution is a special antenna

 

[RMerlin]

"The sky is truly the limit for space-enabled Bluetooth devices"

Aren't they already beyond that?

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

"The sky is truly the limit for space-enabled Bluetooth devices"

Aren't they already beyond that?

They definitely are. They are already sending and intercepting their own laser communications from distances of millions of miles away. Who would have know if you smacked a special antenna on you'd get better Bluetooth communications.

 

[sfx2000]

Me too. A key to the solution is a special antenna

Yeah, I heard about it this morning on the techmeme ridehome podcast...

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