TV Remotes May Be the Gateway to a Pervasive Wireless Mesh

The progress that wireless devices have made in the consumer space is nothing short of breathtaking. In the developed world, nearly everyone has a cellphone, and it’s difficult to go anywhere in an urban center and not have a half-dozen WiFi networks within signal range.

A lot of the focus in this space has been on providing more bandwidth to devices like smart phones and routers, but at least some companies are betting that the next frontier in wireless is in cheap, low-power devices.

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