Junko Yoshida questions the demand for wireless home networks with a central server hub in a piece in EE Times this week: I remember hearing about a digital future in which every home has a server, “just like a furnace in the basement.” This “basement server” – connected to digital cable, satellite, DSL and so on – is envisioned as delivering music, video and multimedia content to a variety of digital consumer devices throughout the home. Technologists, typically demonstrating a rather complex user interface, have shown how I can pick any song, video clip or movie that fits my mood, and summon it instantly to any TV anywhere in the house. This, they have said, is a veritable digital-home nirvana. Frankly, I’ve never bought into the idea. We all know how electronics systems … Read entire article »