Check this week's issue of Newsweek magazine. It runs a full cover story on wireless and new devices.
It mentions for instance Yuri's wireless bicycle initiative:
"magicbike is a mobile WiFi (wireless Internet) hotspot that gives free Internet connectivity wherever its ridden or parked. By turning a common bicycle into a wireless hotspot, Magicbike explores new delivery and use strategies for wireless networks and modern-day urbanites. Wireless bicycles disappear into the urban fabric and bring Internet to yet unserved spaces and communities. Mixing public art with techno-activism, Magicbikes are perfect for setting up adhoc Internet connectivity for art and culture events, emergency access, public demonstrations, and communities on the struggling end of the digital-divide."
Then a whole range of wireless technologies I have been investigating in the past few months such as WiMax, ZigBee, mesh networks, Ultra Wide Band, etc. (BusinessWeek had a special section recently as well describing these technologies.)
Other interesting articles include descriptions of use of wireless devices such as the BGAN satellite connection (Regional Broadband Global Area Network), broadband wireless deployment in New Zealand (www.woosh.com), a Creative Labs device to connect your PC full of MP3s to your hi-fi system in your living room, the upcoming Motorola MPx device opening on both axis as a clamshell with bulit-in Wi-Fi connectivity, and the Canesta projection keyboard I blogged earlier about.
Finally a bizarre sidebox on matchmaking by phone or toothing...:
"Christoph Oswald has no problem approaching women. As he makes his way through the crowd at his favorite Frankfurt club, his cell phone scans a 10-meter radius for "his type": tall, slim, sporty, in her 30s—and, most important, looking for him, a handsome 36-year-old software consultant who loves ski holidays. Before he reaches the bar, his phone starts vibrating and an attractive blonde appears on its screen. "Hi, I'm Susan," she says. "Come find me!" Christoph picks her out of the crowd, and soon they're laughing over a drink."
