I searched and I'm surprised no one has posted this yet!
This is going to be the next biggest thing to the internet since....the internet was invented!
As technology progresses the lines between computers, phones, ipods/zunes, cameras, and other things become blurred. The technological structures and protocols used to make these devices work is also starting to kinda merge and be very similar on many levels. Well, this is going to bring it all together!
Let me start out by saying that ALL phone companies, ISP's and power companies are focused on one thing- The CHEAPEST way to deliver their product so they can maximize their profits. With that said, this technology will save them all a lot of money and allow them to distribute their products to areas they currently cannot reach.
Lets start out with the technology used for individual houses. Did you know they have internet refrigerators, microwaves, networking devices, cable tv, coffee pots, and phones that hook up to the internet through your house POWER OUTLETS?
Here's a few examples:
and there's even more stuff out there too.
Imagine having a refrigerator that has a barcode scanner inside. As you pull items out to to prepare food, the scanner scans them. When you get low on beer...or food... the refrigerator automatically sends a message to the local grocery store telling them what you need and then a pick-up or delivery is scheduled. Or, as you pull something out that needs to be cooked, the refrigerator contacts the microwave or oven and lets them know what you are about to cook. They then automatically set themselves up to cook the food properly according to the directions on the package. Or, as you pull items out to cook, the refrigerator hops online and downloads recipes using the food items you pulled out and what items you have available (using the barcode scanning feature to create a database of items you have) and displays them on a monitor to give you cooking ideas. Or imagine being at work and remembering that you left the coffee pot on! That's OK, just hop online and connect to the coffee pot and turn it off remotely from work. Same thing about the lights in/around your house. Control them through the internet anywhere! How about your devices that automatically run diagnostic testing on themselves and notify you and the repair man when they stop working properly or are starting to get out of spec. Just image getting an email -
"Hello Mr. Hayden,
This is Mr. Coffee your coffee pot. My heating element may be going bad soon. It has been showing a decreased resistance which could indicate possible failure or could burn out the thermal switch or cause other damage. Please replace it at your earliest convenience. I have automatically downloaded the manual for this model from the Mr. Coffee website so that you have all of the technical specifications necessary for the job. Please click the link below to automatically order the part necessary to fix this problem.
http://www.mrcoffee.com/manual.pdf
Thank you and enjoy your coffee!"
Or, how about networking computers in your house. No more running cables to each device and no more slow wi-fi connections. Plug each computer into the electrical outlet of your house and presto, they have internet and are networked with the rest of the computers in your house and at a speed of about 200mb/s or greater vs 54mb/s with wi-fi plus added security of not transmitting personal info wirelessly. No that gives your computers the possibility of interacting with all the other devices in your house as well like the coffee pot, refrigerator, lighting, tv, etc. These are just examples that I can think of right off the top of my head. The possibilities are basically endless!!!! ANYTHING that can be plugged into an electrical outlet in your house can be programmed to do certain functions and can be controlled remotely from anywhere! JUST THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND!!!!!!
As incredible as that is, there are current limitations. As of right now, you still have to have a separate internet connection from an ISP using their cabling system. The internet connection gets fed into the power lines WITHIN your house. The second one is phone service, you still need the phone company to setup phone service separately using their cable system (except for VOIP but I won't get into that here because that works off your internet connection). The third is limitation is cable because you still need the cable company to setup your cable using their cable system. Plus, you already have your power lines run to the house. So that's basically 4 separate connections using 4 separate underground or above ground cable systems (unless you have consolidated services). The smart devices in your home can still work with this, but there's a much better way to handle this which would save the phone, ISP, and cable companies money because they can use the power companies cables, and would save the power companies money because they can "rent out" their cables to the other companies. Eventually, you will be able to get ALL 4 (phone, internet, cable, and power) from the single power line that's already running to your house!
I've looked into this quite a bit because I found it fascinating and think it's going to change the way we use the internet and all electronic devices! It can be a little technical on how it all works, but I'll try to explain it keeping it simple:
Look at any electrical device you have. The label should say something like "110vac", "120vac", or "240vac @ 60Hz". The power they consume is in the lower frequencies "60Hz". The power cable run in your house is actually capable of working at many frequencies, so your cable tv signal would work in a higher frequency range such as 1-4kHz. The your internet and VOIP phone would work in the 6-12kHz range. That leaves other frequencies open to be used by other things and also allows some padding between the frequency ranges so they don't interfere with eachother. This is known as FDM or FDMA (frequency division multiplexing or frequency division multiple access). The #'s I used above are kinda arbitrary, but it gives you an idea of how it works. The speed of the internet depends on how large the frequency range is that it is allowed to use. I can explain this in more detail if you care to know...just ask. This is all realistic and do-able with the wiring already in all of our houses!
The next step is to get the ISP, phone company, cable company, and power company to join forces in making this widespread. Imagine the rural locations that currently have zero options for phone/internet/cable except the plain-old telephone service (POTS) and possibly satellite. Now they would be able to have fast internet, cable tv, and VOIP service instead of the POTS.
There's a lot more to it than I explained, but ask or do your own research if you have any questions. I swear it's going to be the next biggest thing to revolutionize the way we use electronic devices, the internet, computers, and how we shop and basically everything! Apparently Google feels the same way - http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...powerline.html
The technology has been around for a while, but it's not in mass production for the consumer market yet for whatever reason. Just be on the lookout for it. It's only a matter of time before it becomes the "new standard".
This is going to be the next biggest thing to the internet since....the internet was invented!
As technology progresses the lines between computers, phones, ipods/zunes, cameras, and other things become blurred. The technological structures and protocols used to make these devices work is also starting to kinda merge and be very similar on many levels. Well, this is going to bring it all together!
Let me start out by saying that ALL phone companies, ISP's and power companies are focused on one thing- The CHEAPEST way to deliver their product so they can maximize their profits. With that said, this technology will save them all a lot of money and allow them to distribute their products to areas they currently cannot reach.
Lets start out with the technology used for individual houses. Did you know they have internet refrigerators, microwaves, networking devices, cable tv, coffee pots, and phones that hook up to the internet through your house POWER OUTLETS?
Here's a few examples:
and there's even more stuff out there too.
Imagine having a refrigerator that has a barcode scanner inside. As you pull items out to to prepare food, the scanner scans them. When you get low on beer...or food... the refrigerator automatically sends a message to the local grocery store telling them what you need and then a pick-up or delivery is scheduled. Or, as you pull something out that needs to be cooked, the refrigerator contacts the microwave or oven and lets them know what you are about to cook. They then automatically set themselves up to cook the food properly according to the directions on the package. Or, as you pull items out to cook, the refrigerator hops online and downloads recipes using the food items you pulled out and what items you have available (using the barcode scanning feature to create a database of items you have) and displays them on a monitor to give you cooking ideas. Or imagine being at work and remembering that you left the coffee pot on! That's OK, just hop online and connect to the coffee pot and turn it off remotely from work. Same thing about the lights in/around your house. Control them through the internet anywhere! How about your devices that automatically run diagnostic testing on themselves and notify you and the repair man when they stop working properly or are starting to get out of spec. Just image getting an email -
"Hello Mr. Hayden,
This is Mr. Coffee your coffee pot. My heating element may be going bad soon. It has been showing a decreased resistance which could indicate possible failure or could burn out the thermal switch or cause other damage. Please replace it at your earliest convenience. I have automatically downloaded the manual for this model from the Mr. Coffee website so that you have all of the technical specifications necessary for the job. Please click the link below to automatically order the part necessary to fix this problem.
http://www.mrcoffee.com/manual.pdf
Thank you and enjoy your coffee!"
Or, how about networking computers in your house. No more running cables to each device and no more slow wi-fi connections. Plug each computer into the electrical outlet of your house and presto, they have internet and are networked with the rest of the computers in your house and at a speed of about 200mb/s or greater vs 54mb/s with wi-fi plus added security of not transmitting personal info wirelessly. No that gives your computers the possibility of interacting with all the other devices in your house as well like the coffee pot, refrigerator, lighting, tv, etc. These are just examples that I can think of right off the top of my head. The possibilities are basically endless!!!! ANYTHING that can be plugged into an electrical outlet in your house can be programmed to do certain functions and can be controlled remotely from anywhere! JUST THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND!!!!!!
As incredible as that is, there are current limitations. As of right now, you still have to have a separate internet connection from an ISP using their cabling system. The internet connection gets fed into the power lines WITHIN your house. The second one is phone service, you still need the phone company to setup phone service separately using their cable system (except for VOIP but I won't get into that here because that works off your internet connection). The third is limitation is cable because you still need the cable company to setup your cable using their cable system. Plus, you already have your power lines run to the house. So that's basically 4 separate connections using 4 separate underground or above ground cable systems (unless you have consolidated services). The smart devices in your home can still work with this, but there's a much better way to handle this which would save the phone, ISP, and cable companies money because they can use the power companies cables, and would save the power companies money because they can "rent out" their cables to the other companies. Eventually, you will be able to get ALL 4 (phone, internet, cable, and power) from the single power line that's already running to your house!
I've looked into this quite a bit because I found it fascinating and think it's going to change the way we use the internet and all electronic devices! It can be a little technical on how it all works, but I'll try to explain it keeping it simple:
Look at any electrical device you have. The label should say something like "110vac", "120vac", or "240vac @ 60Hz". The power they consume is in the lower frequencies "60Hz". The power cable run in your house is actually capable of working at many frequencies, so your cable tv signal would work in a higher frequency range such as 1-4kHz. The your internet and VOIP phone would work in the 6-12kHz range. That leaves other frequencies open to be used by other things and also allows some padding between the frequency ranges so they don't interfere with eachother. This is known as FDM or FDMA (frequency division multiplexing or frequency division multiple access). The #'s I used above are kinda arbitrary, but it gives you an idea of how it works. The speed of the internet depends on how large the frequency range is that it is allowed to use. I can explain this in more detail if you care to know...just ask. This is all realistic and do-able with the wiring already in all of our houses!
The next step is to get the ISP, phone company, cable company, and power company to join forces in making this widespread. Imagine the rural locations that currently have zero options for phone/internet/cable except the plain-old telephone service (POTS) and possibly satellite. Now they would be able to have fast internet, cable tv, and VOIP service instead of the POTS.
There's a lot more to it than I explained, but ask or do your own research if you have any questions. I swear it's going to be the next biggest thing to revolutionize the way we use electronic devices, the internet, computers, and how we shop and basically everything! Apparently Google feels the same way - http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...powerline.html
The technology has been around for a while, but it's not in mass production for the consumer market yet for whatever reason. Just be on the lookout for it. It's only a matter of time before it becomes the "new standard".
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