The invisible wifi ballet: how packets become music on air, powered by invention, engineering, and collaboration.
The first Wi-Fi standard wasn’t designed for humans at all—it was engineered to avoid costly cable runs in offices.
Wi‑Fi hides data in plain sight using frequency hopping, a trick once used by WWII radio operators long before 802.11.
IEEE 802.11 radios radiate more power when nearby devices are quiet, as if they’re flirting with blockers to boost range.
The inventor often credited for Wi‑Fi, Hedy Lamarr, co-created afrequency-hopping technology that inspired Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi—but she didn’t invent modern Wi‑Fi alone.
The invisible wifi ballet: how packets become music on air, powered by invention, engineering, and collaboration.
The first Wi-Fi standard wasn’t designed for humans at all—it was engineered to avoid costly cable runs in offices.
Wi‑Fi hides data in plain sight using frequency hopping, a trick once used by WWII radio operators long before 802.11.
IEEE 802.11 radios radiate more power when nearby devices are quiet, as if they’re flirting with blockers to boost range.
The inventor often credited for Wi‑Fi, Hedy Lamarr, co-created afrequency-hopping technology that inspired Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi—but she didn’t invent modern Wi‑Fi alone.
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