[ukha]Icron offers USB 2.0 over power line solution

[Daniel <danward79@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This looks interesting

Sent to you by Daniel via Google Reader: Icron offers USB 2.0 over
power line solution via Engadget by Darren Murph on Jun 06, 2007
Filed under: Peripherals, Networking

Although there's never been an overwhelming amount of success in any
one category, just about everything has tried its hand at traveling
over power lines, but Icron looks to be the first to channel USB 2.0
over the medium. Taking advantage of Panasonic's HD-PLC technology and
its proprietary ExtremeUSB magic that was already seen in a wireless
USB endeavor, Icron's system "extends USB 2.0 over standard power
lines
enabling remote connection of standard USB devices such as keyboards,
printers, flash drives, hard drives, and web cameras over the AC
outlets in your home or office." (What, no hand warmers, aquariums, or
drink chillers?) The prototype setup featured a four-port USB 2.0 OPL
hub and dongle set that saw 190Mbps over standard power lines, and
there won't be any additional drivers necessary for this to play nice
with Windows, Linux, and OS X systems. No word just yet on when these
kits will be available for sale, but we'd wait on a review before
labeling ourselves an early adopter on this one.

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