Technology is running at a fast pace and everyday we see new improved and amazing versions of 'everything old'. This time a new bluetooth low energy chip has been designed by CSR (England) which consumes much less power than a traditional bluetooth chip which can run for years on a single battery.

It can be optimized to work at larger distances or at increased data rates while maintain�ing distance at a constant. This chip can efficiently establish a connec�tion, send the data required with full authentication, receive the acknowledg�ment of this data, and dis�connect, all within three milliseconds.

In this way, this bluetooth chip can achieve 50 times faster data speed while using 10 times less power resource than a conventional bluetooth device. Its range is 100 to 150 feet and uses 3 advertising low energy channels as compared to the 32 inquiry channels used by a standard bluetooth device.

[via TechnologyReview]