What might you do with access to UWB radio transmissions if you had a receiver in a car?


In chapter eight of Blown to Bits, Abelson et al. briefly mentions UWB (ultra wide brand) radio. UWB "splatter[s] radiation all across the frequencies of the radio spectrum" (Abelson, 288). UWB, according to Abelson, uses extremely low power and very large bandwidth to carry a lot of information in a short time period a small distance, so that it will not interfere with  any normal radio receiver. In the chapter, the two uses described for this technology are to connect the TV, cable box, and DVD player in your home without using cables and to transport your music library from your home audio system to your car in the driveway. 


If I had a receiver in my car, being about to transport my music library from my computer to my car would be a good use for it. It would be convenient not to have to connect my ipod to my car stereo or change CDs all the time (my CD player is in the trunk, so it's kind of a hassle). I would also probably try to transmit directions/destinations from my home computer to some handheld GPS or something in my car. Whenever I am going anywhere my first step is go to mapquest and see the way they would have me go. I like seeing clearly all the different turns they would have me take. Then I get in my car and have to retype in the address. It's not a huge inconvenience, but it would save some time just to transfer the information from my computer. If I happen to like the directions on the computer, it would be helpful to be able to transfer the entire set of directions to my navigation device in my car.