Breaking down 5G with Intel and Jason Silva

When the first commercial 4G networks were rolled out in 2010, it changed the way we thought about wireless communication. People didn’t have to wait until they were on WiFi to download files or stream music and movies; they could do it from basically anywhere they had a cell signal. The leap in speed between 3G and 4G was massive, and it opened up new doors for everyone from app developers to content producers to pursue boundary-pushing ideas.

5G is set to push the envelope once more, except instead of creating a new set of rules for entertainment, it has the chance to redefine how we work, live, and think. 5G’s high-frequency communications will be 100 times faster than typical 4G speeds, creating an infrastructure that can transmit massive volumes of data without creating bottlenecks and network slowdowns. That transformative potential will be felt across industries, from doctors and caregivers being able to provide therapeutic treatments through virtual reality to IoT sensors creating smart cities in real time to manufacturers being able to create intelligent factories. If 4G ushered in a new digital age, 5G has the chance to introduce a new physical one.

There’s no one better suited to breaking down exactly how 5G is primed to change the world than Jason Silva. He’s spent the last decade demystifying complicated tech topics and telling stories about the transformative powers of technology. In this video, Silva explains how 5G is going to be built, why latency is as important as speed, and how the next generation of wireless communication may be the first chapter of another industrial revolution.