Government agencies ranging from the Department of Defense to local firehouses are interested in mesh networking because it provides a very reliable, self-healing system.

FORBES: Motorola Moves Into Mesh

His thesis was based on algorithms that describe how a large number of independent devices could beam data to one another, an approach called mesh networking.

FORBES: EMBEDDED NETWORKS

It looks like Meraki's latest move may be having a few repercussions the company hadn't foreseen, with GigaOm now reporting that a number of customers are feeling irked that some folks will now have to pay a premium price for the once bargain-priced mesh networking gear.

ENGADGET: Meraki price hikes leave some customers disillusioned

Thanks to the Thames Online mesh networking system, bored children and internet addicts alike can disregard the beauty around them and focus more on things that truly matter, as the service stretches 22-kilometers (about 12.5-miles) along the banks from Millbank near the Houses of Parliament to the Millennium Dome in Greenwich.

ENGADGET: River Thames' banks now WiFi-enabled via mesh networking