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Revolutionary New Tech Could Change Wi-Fi Forever

Revolutionary New Tech Could Change Wi-Fi Forever

Scientists have been working on a way to help Wi-Fi signals pass through walls more easily, improving connection.

A solid internet connection is pretty much a must for anyone into online gaming. Unless you enjoy being thwarted by stuttering and lag mid-match, of course. While there’s always the option to use an Ethernet connection for that buttery smooth gameplay, many people still rely on a wireless connection for gaming, which can be great or horrendous depending on your provider, router, and where you live.

Even the coolest gaming PC, like this one built into a fish tank, is basically nothing without a good internet connection.

Often, even if all those factors are solid, your own home can end up being an issue - walls and obstacles can cause pesky interference, and although Wi-Fi extenders are an option, they can be expensive. As reported by PC Gamer though, a new solution may be on the horizon. 

Scientists have been working on an “anti-reflection structure” for boosting Wi-Fi connection, which by the sounds of it, essentially works by navigating signals through a series of obstacles, rather than them being reflected back by surfaces like walls. The whole thing has been explained in a paper published on Nature, and while frankly, the technical jargon is pretty difficult to comprehend, all you really need to know is that it has the potential to change Wi-Fi for the better. 

“You first have to simply send certain waves through the medium and measure exactly how these waves are reflected by the material,” co-author Michael Horodynski said. "We were able to show that, with this information, a corresponding compensating medium can be calculated for any medium that scatters waves in a complex way, so that the combination of both media allows the wave to pass completely. The key to this is a mathematical method that can be used to calculate the exact shape of this anti-reflective coating.”

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