Idea for Microphone Array
Ever wanted to record multitrack sound? You know like 5.1?
How, there is usually only one mic jack on a PC?
Well why not hook a bunch of microphones to a bunch of 802.11g WiFi cards and stream it over, a 44100 Hz sample rate @ 16 bits is 705600 bits/sec at full tilt 802.11g could cope with 80 such streams (well in theory), so 6 even 10 should be no problem
HOW
Now the microphone wireless module would be a soundcard style ADC a TCP/IP stack and a WiFi circuit, which would be Google's Android running on some mobile phone style contraption with an XLR socket to attach said microphone.
WHY
An array of microphones recording at the same time can be used like a virtual boon mic, moved by software rather than on the end of a pole. It would enable clearer sound, as you can cancel out the background fuzz look at wikipedia's entry on the subject
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