Wi-Fi and the Bad Boys of Radio: Dawn of a Wireless Technology
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It lets us read email in airports, watch video in coffee shops, and listen to music at home. But where did it come from?
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Wi-Fi and the Bad Boys of Radio: Dawn of a Wireless Technology. At 36, feet, Wi-Fi converts our airline seats to remote offices. Wi-Fi and the Bad Boys of Radio takes us back to when the Internet was first gaining popularity, email took ten minutes to load up, and cell phones were big and unwieldy.
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Editorial Reviews. Review. Wi-Fi was a huge success. But knowing how the story ends doesn't take away any of the wonder and enjoyment of reading a. Wi-Fi and the Bad Boys of Radio: A Wi-Fi Expert's Story of the Beginning of Broadband Wireless Network Technology or A Beginner Can Set Up and Create a.
Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Amazon's book description says "At 36, feet, Wi-Fi converts our airline seats to remote offices. However, it is a good book about the author's career excitement with wireless technology in both a rural area and an urban university as well as in amateur radio.
The author did not develop Wi-Fi and does not claim he did so. Hills is credited for his innovations in the engineering of wide area networks. But this book is a lot more readable and is quite interesting about what it actually discusses. Unfortunately the back cover information, Amazon description, and some of the reviews are misleading about what exactly is covered. One person found this helpful. Hills intertwines his autobiography, the history of radio, the Alaskan bush, and the development of Wi-Fi into a very interesting and informative book.
His descriptions and usage of radio technology and the bad boys of radio were easy for this non-technophobe to understand and relate how these helped with the creation of Wi-Fi. This book will be a Christmas gift for many of my lower 48 friends and relatives. Interspersed with the history of radio in the NW Alaskan bush is an excellent description of what most of Alaska is all about and why we are so different from the other 49 states.
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The easy to understand, non-technical description of the development of Wi-Fi will help all my email, computer friends and relatives understand how we got to where we are. The development of Wi-Fi owes much to Dr.
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Hills and Carneige-Mellon University. Hills continues to share his ability to stimulate the creativity of students and help many countries throughout the world. I bought this book initially because I thought it was focused on the early days of wireless. But, what really makes this book stand out is that the author also talks about some of his experiences in the early days of radio.
Working in early public radio in Alaska?! Well, the second part of the book really gets into the history of wireless, which is also great.
I guess it's just a rich, well-rounded book with lots of interesting stories! Way back in the late 's, I remember going to a spring Home Show in a small midwestern community. There I was exposed to a new and amazing technology. A representative of the local Apple reseller was walking around with a new Apple Powerbook and surfing the Net without wires.
The new technology was called Wi-Fi. I had very little idea about who created it or how this miracle happened until I heard about this book. Its a fascinating story, told in a style that is easily understood and a fun journey describing early days of radio, its limitations, and how obstacles were overcome to create the technology I'm using to send this review. I highly recommend it! Alex Hills created a new model for adventurers. As a boy in , he conquered International Morse Code to communicate worldwide as a ham radio operator.
As a young man, he took a radio job in remote Kotzebue, Alaska, where he honed his problem-solving skills as DJ and repairman and as an erector of a high-wind antenna, thanks to the men of Ignaluk on Little Diomede island. His skills lead him to Carnegie Mellon University where Hills begins the exciting research which eventually allows mastery of "the bad boys of radio" and the invention of WiFi as well as a CMU-patented tool known as the Rollabout which, among other things, uses "WiFi coverage You'll find out when you read the book.
An excellent example of how one of our modern conveniences was created by a person, driven by his boyhood curiosity of radio transmission, used his education and practical experiences to develop an important instrument of our technological era. It is also a revealing account of the importance of seeking out and communicating with the "right" people to help understand the influencing conditions; and to analyze the various options that lead to viable solutions. The interweaving of technology with the human aspects of technical interfaces provides an interesting read for both technical and non-technical people who wonder: Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
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At 36, feet, Wi-Fi converts our airline seats to remote offices. It lets us read email in airports, watch video in coffee shops, and listen to music at home. But where did it come from? Wi-Fi and the Bad Boys of Radio takes us back to when the Internet was first gaining popularity, email took ten minutes to load up, and cell phones were big and unwieldy. But Alex Hills had a vision: His unwavering purpose was to change the way we use the Internet. After being a teenage "ham operator" and bringing radio, TV and telephone service to the Eskimos of northern Alaska, Dr.
Hills led a small band of innovators to overcome "the bad boys of radio" - the devilishly unpredictable behavior of radio waves - and build the network that would become the forerunner to today's Wi-Fi. Alex Hills is certain to capture the public imagination with this new book. Working on both frontiers, Dr. Hills pioneered wireless Internet and launched a revolution in the way the world communicates. His story of how we "cut the cord" begins in a place where there were no cords to begin with -- remote Alaska.
Hills is frequently invited to speak at conventions, conferences, university seminars, corporate training sessions, and community events. His talks, with their vivid stories and clear explanations of technology, have been well-received by audiences throughout the United States and in more than twenty foreign countries. An inventor with eleven patents, Dr. Hills can write and speak in technical jargon. But in his writing, as in his talks, he speaks to everyone -- technical specialists and the public alike.
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People of all backgrounds have been fascinated by his contributions to Scientific American and IEEE Spectrum magazines -- articles that explain technology in a style that is clear to any reader. Read more Read less.
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