KDDI R&D Laboratories prove that infrared is not yet dead, by upgrading the technology, so we can forget about the horrible transfer rates, high number of transfer failures and all the stress it caused to us.

They managed to increase the transfer rate to a whopping 1Gbps, from the maximum of 4Mbps we got used with, so they make us think it might get useful. If we add that they made it stable and it won’t disconnect like the old technology, it really sounds good.

The LED used in the old IR technology has been replaced by a semiconductor that blinks much more faster and increases the speed with up to 250 times. KDDI is planning to put the technology in use especially in cell phones, but also in PCs and laptops. We have no idea of price or availability yet.

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