TECHNOLOGY

Better Wi-Fi for underground miners

RESEARCHERS from the University of Sydney have developed an industrial long-range Wi-Fi system that transmits signals to hard-to-reach places while maintaining high data rates, for mission-critical applications in underground mines.

 The WiFi system

The WiFi system

Funded through an $800,000 grant from the New South Wales physical sciences fund, the system's signals can extend for kilometres underground, unlike existing Wi-Fi systems that have short communication...

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