Wi-Fi Storage

April 2, 2006 | By Bob Bowman In Hardware |

Singapore researchers from Data Storage Institute (DSI) have come up with a portable hard disk technology that lets users hook onto a Wi-Fi network, without cables and minus fuss.

The device named as Wi-Drive. It lets you share a hard disk without the hassles of using USB cable to hook up, common method in currect wireless hard disks.

The Wi-Drive powers up like a standard hard drive in Windows, so there is little tweaking needed to copy files across from one computer to another wirelessly.

To configure the wireless networks that it can hook up, you log into the drive using a web broser, like you would configure a Wi-Fi access point.

The Wi-DRIVE, invented by a team of DSI researchers, converges storage and wireless technologies, offering seamless data connectivity and mobility. It was licensed to EDS Lab Pte Ltd through Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd to make and sell the wireless storage device.