Oh, Power over Ethernet's been around since 2003 - but having a single cable type that will do that, network, video and apparently USB as well would be great.
If those figures are accurate, I'm sure somebody will work out a way to use the video line for data soon enough.
For instance, IP over HDTV: the ideal way for free-standing household robots to receive updates from the main home server! They just flick the television on and spend thirty seconds TFTPing down the day's orders and firmware upgrades, then they're all set to do the right lot of housework and not crash in the middle of it.
Only snag is, if a good programme comes on during those 30 seconds, they won't get anything done all morning.
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Date: 2010-07-02 12:46 pm (UTC)I am confused as to why it can carry 8GBit/s of video, but only 100MBit/s of data...
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Date: 2010-07-02 01:01 pm (UTC)For instance, IP over HDTV: the ideal way for free-standing household robots to receive updates from the main home server! They just flick the television on and spend thirty seconds TFTPing down the day's orders and firmware upgrades, then they're all set to do the right lot of housework and not crash in the middle of it.
Only snag is, if a good programme comes on during those 30 seconds, they won't get anything done all morning.