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download movies in 5 seconds  Scientists show off high frequency
Wi-Fi  Scientists believe a new wireless technology could allow
a DVD-quality movie to be downloaded over short distances in
less than five seconds.  Georgia Tech professor Joy Laskar and
other scientists at the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC)
are touting the technology, which uses extremely high radio
frequencies to transfer very large data files.  Traditionally
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi have been considered efficient for
transferring small amounts of data between gadgets, but neither
is well suited for rapidly transferring large files, such as
high-definition video.  The GEDC used a high frequency in the
60GHz band, and have achieved wireless data-transfer rates of
15Gbit/s over a span of one metre, according to the Associated
Press.  The researchers believe these high frequencies are an
untapped resource, as permission is not needed from the US
government to use this spectrum, whi