May 1 2001: "Bluetooth" by Dwight Borses

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Bluetooth is the cable-killer technology originally developed by Ericsson of Sweden (named after Harold Bluetooth the Nordic king who united Scandinavia) that enables seamless voice and data transmission through wireless, short-range unlicensed radio links. The open specification is supported by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, comprised (at last count) of 2,074 contributing member companies, and is being standardized under IEEE 802.15. (Coincidentally, Part 15 is the section of FCC regulation addressing unlicensed radio operation!)
Originally conceived as a simple wire replacement technology, Bluetooth now offers the specter of personal area networks, and through the use of cell phones as terminals, for example (more than 400 million sold last year alone), a portal to talking to every device in you immediate vicinity.

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Dwight Borses, Application Engineer, National Semiconductor.