BBC NEWS | Technology | Switch on for powered data networks
Instead of needing adapters, computer networks could soon be supplying the devices they interconnect with both data and power.
Some makers of network equipment are already putting the power via data cable system into their products.
The basic plugs for computer networks are the same all over the world, raising the possibility that powered data cables could become a universal back-up power supply.
If this means less wires, easier charging and more flexibility for pluggin in devices then the quicker the better. This could facilitate home networking and IP / Internet ready Consumer Devices in the Home.
Posted by Paul Goodison at July 9, 2003 09:07 AM | TrackBack