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Witness History

The Development of WiFi

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Australian scientists were central to the development of wifi. John O'Sullivan and David Skellern were among the group that gave us the ability to connect to the internet on-the-go. They've been speaking to Olga Smirnova about their breakthrough.

Photo: WiFi prototype Photo credit: Richard Keaney / Radiata

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History as told by the people who were there. I'm August Mironovat.

1:15.0

Today we are going back to the 1990s when a group of Australian scientists made a major contribution to the development of Wi-Fi, the technology which allows computers,

1:25.2

mobile phones and other devices to connect to the internet remotely.

1:29.3

I've been speaking to John O'Sullivan and David Skelen, who were part of the group that invented Wi-Fi.

1:35.0

The aim was really to unplug the internet.

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