We know what it means, but what does Wi-Fi stand for? You may have read, or made an educated guess, that Wi-Fi stands for “wireless fidelity” just as Hi-Fi stands for “high fidelity”.

Jan 19, 2000 · It is often said that this patent means Lamarr helped to invent Wi-Fi, but the story is more complicated than that. Lamarr and Antheil patented their invention in 1942, but it was classified until ...

Dec 9, 2013 · After tracking down drones nearby – Wi-Fi has a range of about 100 metres outside – he uses open source Wi-Fi analysis software called Aircrack to de-authorise the Wi-Fi signal controlling …

Jun 18, 2013 · One of Google Loon's high-altitude Wi-Fi internet hubs, on display at the Airforce Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand Twenty kilometres up, slung under balloons from the same …

Jan 5, 2022 · The latest version of Samsung's Eco Remote gets energy from both spare Wi-Fi signals and solar power

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Feb 26, 2025 · Individuals in industrialised societies seem to sleep for longer than people in non-industrialised ones, but their circadian rhythms are more out of sync

Aug 29, 2012 · Or hacking flash-mobs could team up to try to crack the encryption on a nearby Wi-Fi network. Büsching points out that smartphones now outsell PCs, meaning there are an increasing …

Nov 4, 2025 · Technology How preppers plan to save us if the whole internet collapses Recent outages have revealed how vulnerable the internet is, but there seems to be no official plan in the event of a ...

Jun 13, 2006 · A Clodbuster robot like this teamed up with three friends and a robot plane to find targets hidden in between buildings A team of autonomous flying and ground-based robots have successfully ...