After phones and the Net, now hard drives go wireless
TOPICS The Edge computing and information technology networking wireless technology In today's world, we are increasingly creating electronic devices that are sleek, mobile and most importantly, wireless. Hard drives are the latest in a series of devices to go wireless, after telephones and the Internet. We then created Wi-Fi hotspots to wirelessly access Internet in a limited radius. Airports, railway stations and many cafes now have Wi-Fi hotspots. Laptops, tablets, smartphones are all a series of our desire to have an ecosystem of wireless devices. And, why not! Wires are binding; they tie you to a spot and are restrictive. It was but obvious for hard drives to go wireless sooner or later. But is it really a big deal? Does it actually make our lives convenient? Let's find out. Hard drives, for one, have gone wireless along with exciting features. The traditional function of an external hard drive was to store data and access it whenever the...