There are networking technologies that use electrical wiring for data networking, and a wall socket can deliver data as well as power with no new wiring needed.

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It includes a painstaking analysis of the ship's records, automated data and wiring.

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Fiber-optic cable can carry many times as much data as traditional copper wiring.

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Leviton, the Melville, NY-based manufacturer of lighting management systems, data networking solutions and electrical wiring devices, said it plans to buy Obvius, the energy-management start-up company based in Portland, Oregon.

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Powerline systems allow data to be exchanged across existing electrical wiring in your home and now offers enough bandwidth to deliver high definition content.

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Future versions will also allow wireless data transmission over radio frequencies, as well as over home electrical wiring.

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