According to an article posted on Georgia Tech’s website, researchers there have achieved 15 gigabits per second wireless data-transfer rates at a distance of 1 meter. While not as fast as the speeds that I am sure MacGyver could achieve with 3 paper clips, a stick of chewing gum and some tin foil, I have to admit these are some pretty impressive speeds. The article discusses real world application of these speeds such as a rack full of servers with no network cables connecting them, or downloading DVD movies to a cell phone wirelessly in a matter of seconds. Another application mentioned in the article that I would love to see would be having backup drives that are currently connected via USB or Firewire backing up data wirelessly.