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What's your evidence, Richard Easton??!?

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[–] zik 125 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

This is mostly wrong: while she did invent what would later be called Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS), it isn't used in modern WiFi or in GPS. It is used in Bluetooth though.

I should point out that techniques like FHSS are only a part of what makes up a radio communication method. You can't say it was "the basis of Bluetooth" just because FHSS is one of the many technologies used in Bluetooth. She certainly contributed though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You got me curious, is that true across all the different options for wifi such as 802.11b and a?

[–] zik 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes, it's been obsoleted in wifi since 2014. DSSS was always the preferred option and FHSS was never used much in WiFi.

[–] bitchkat 6 points 8 months ago

So she's the reason Apple removed the headphone jack?