Are Your Teeth Going Blue?

You enter your office,your files, and images areconsumption based on signal strength or traffic
transferred from your cell phone to your deskvolumes.
top wirelessly. The address books in your PC,Bluetooth will soon begin showing-up in the
cellphone and your desktop are synchronizedAutomobile industry, as manufacturers implement
wirelessly.You send photos from your cell phonehands-free technology.
to literally any receiver elsewhere in the worldThe hands-free profile allows your vehicle to
,through a wireless connection to your laptop, youcommunicate with a mobile Bluetooth device that
may even transfer info form your cell to yourcomes in the vicinity. Bluetooth and voice
printer, without wires.recognition can provide drivers with
Such is the wireless world that is on us!voice-activated access to voice-mail, email and
You sit in front of your wireless keyboard andother information.
click your wireless mouse.It is also expected that diagnostic information
Listen to a CD playing on the player in yourmay even be extracted from your car using
notebook, while it is another room, play games allBluetooth.
without any wires.As you approach your automobile, the mirrors are
Imagine connecting up to 8 PCs without wires.adjusted, seats are moved to preset position,the
These are all made possible by Bluetoothdoors are unlocked, and the interior lights are
Technology.turned on without you having to do anything.
Bluetooth was developed during the last decadeAs with any new and emerging technology, there
as a cutting edge open specification that enablesare some obstacles to be overcome before full
short range wireless communication between PCs.adaptation, however the pace is increasing.
handhelds, Personal Digital Assistants, mobileBecause the genesis of Bluetooth was to replace
phones, digital cameras, printers, headsets andor eliminate cables, roaming features are not
other computing and electronic devicessupported as in the 802.11b standard.
The name is taken from a 10th century DanishSome members of the SIG are interested in
King...Harald Blatand or translated Harold Bluetooth.seeing an increase in speed, distance and
Advantageous, because of its low cost andbandwith, thus increasing the potential platforms
power consumption, Bluetooth operates on theand applications used in the PAN market.
2.4 Ghz radio frequency, using a fast hoppingSecurity, is one area, where a great deal of
spread technique. Simplistically, after receiving oremphasis is being placed as the specification
sending data packets, it hops to a new channel,evolves.
1600 hops in one second, and there are 79Mobile phone manufacturerrs have developed
different channels.software upgrades for phones that are
Such fast cycling avoids interference from othersusceptible to types of hacking such as
signals, making the BlueTooth system morebluesnarfing which occurs in older model
robust than others.telephones, where a connecting can be made and
Beacuse it operates on radio waves, Bluetoothinformation accessed with the user's knowledge,
can operate through walls or from your briefcase,or Bluebugging or Blue jacking.
and does not need any directional sight forDevices are enable with 3 different security levels,
transmission, unlike infra-red, although infra-redthe highest of which requires authentification and
may offer faster transmission.authorization before access is granted to any
The Bluetooth logo, is slowly becoming a part ofservice available on the device.
everyday life.The logo program was designed toYour mobile phone becomes useless if is lost
provide the industry with a mechanism to identifybecause it can only be used by you.
all Bluetooth enabled devices that meetBluetooth has built-in encryption and authentication
Compliance and provide seamless operation andmaking it secure in any environment.
ease of use of enabled devices.Another great feature, is the ability to switch to
Over 3000 of the electronics companies includingan undiscoverable mode, in which a device will not
Sony-Ericcson, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Apple andbe identified.
Motorola have adopted the Bluetooth adoptersIt was expected that 670 million devices would be
agreement and are members of the SpecialBluetooth enabled,so the future is looking brighter
Interest Group.Bluetooth is now showing up in Washer-Dryer,
This group is commited to development andMicrowave ovens, and refrigerators.
implememtaion of BlueToothApple Computer is rumored to be working on the
The Technology at present provides a 10 meternext generation of the sensational iPod, which
personal bubble Or Personal Area Network thatmay offer wireless capability, using BlueTooth.
supports transmission of both voice and dataThe exciting possibiliy may allow downloading and
from multiple devices. As mentioned up to 8listening to your player without touching any wires.
devices can be connected in a piconet. A piconetThe possibilties are almost becoming almost
is only a collection of devices connected viaunlimited, as new applications are developed daily,
BlueTooth Technology.and the future may be indeed brighter and bluer.
Up to 10 piconets may exist with the WPAN.To see some of the coolest Bluetooth devices
One of the bigger advantages of Bluetooth is thevisit
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identify each other,and modify needed power