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Recognize the mother of Wifi (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 3 months ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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What's your evidence, Richard Easton??!?

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[-] FBJimmy@lemmus.org 62 points 3 months ago

Great to recognise this invention.

I was surprised by the choice of 'Mother of Wi-Fi' though - Wi-Fi hasn't used 'frequency hopping' as such since 802.11b was released back in 1999 - so very few people will have ever used frequency-hopping Wi-Fi.

GPS only uses it in some extreme cases I think, but I'm not an expert.

However, Bluetooth absolutely does depend on it to function in most situations, so 'Mother of Bluetooth' might have been more appropriate.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 74 points 3 months ago

So her invention isn't used for Wifi now, but was used in the initial design of it? You might even say she helped give birth to it...

[-] FBJimmy@lemmus.org 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I guess my point is that it isn't a particularly important part of the design of Wi-Fi - they included it in the very first iteration in 1997 and realised by 1999 they didn't need it. Therefore Wi-Fi would likely have been born regardless of the invention; Bluetooth would not.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah but her work built on someone else's so we're taking it all away from her and calling them parents of her work so she gets nothing...

Doesn't feel as fun anymore, does it?

Let the guys dad have some credit for his work, give her credit for her work - I don't get what's so controversial.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

However, Bluetooth absolutely does depend on it to function in most situations, so ‘Mother of Bluetooth’ might have been more appropriate.

Considering the namesake of Bluetooth, the "Mother of Bluetooth" sounds like the kind of person who would have a tea party with "Grendel's Mother" from Beowulf.