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> > The required high degree of connectivity might be attained with the help of microminiature radio transmitters and receivers.

> Hahaha, this is straight out of 60s-70s sci-fi, where their best futuristic interfaces were smaller CRT screens / flashy keys, etc.

Actually that is not far off from how high bandwidth interconnects work, but through other media.

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Agreed. It's basically RF guided by wires, or light guided by glass/plastic.

And... I hate to say it, but I've been interacting with computers connected to WiFi about 90% of the time over the last week. Rarely used a physical Ethernet link.

Funny to think that WiFi is in fact just a specialized variant of the radio technology explosion that started with Marconi.

Technically of course the path is continual evolution, but the applications are wildly different.

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