Four Awesome Things You Can Do with 5G Technology

We’ve heard about how 5G will change our lives. Now, we’re starting to see this technology’s early research and development bear fruit. 5G promises to connect everything around us to a network that is a hundred times faster than our cellular connection and ten times faster than the speediest home broadband service.

But 5G is more than just fast internet. The combination of responsiveness and speed will unlock the full capabilities of other hot trends in technology. Here are some cool things that you could do with 5G.

Remote Surgery

Beyond speed, one of 5G’s most significant benefits is latency, or the short lag time between a device pinging the network and getting a response. With 4G LTE, there’s a slight but noticeable lag. With 5G, this lag is virtually eliminated. This means that remote surgery could be a reality.

Using 5G technology, a team of doctors used a dummy to demonstrate how a surgeon could use a VR headset and a special glove to control a robot arm that would perform surgery on another person. The glove was fitted with haptic feedback motors that buzzed when the dummy was touched.

Self-Driving Cars

Self-driving cars are the future, and it seems like only a matter of time before we live in a dystopia. These days, companies like Uber and Google are investing in self-driving cars to eliminate human drivers completely. Many believe that a fully autonomous vehicle is possible only with a 5G network. This instant network and coverage means that cars will be able to use 5G to connect to sensors built around the city so that they can drive without any issues.

Drones

Drones are going to get a whole lot smarter and safer. 5G will unlock the true capability of this flying technology. The network will allow for precise control of the drone while sending back high-definition videos. This can help prevent accidents in fields like construction and oil or keep drones from getting too close to airports and airplanes.

Virtual Reality

The higher bandwidth consumption of 5G technology leads to a non-lagged and non-pixelated experience for 4K and HD videos. This means that there won’t be any congestion when you play videos or games in VR mode.