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> "Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced Ripple, an open API for developing general-purpose consumer radar systems"

Why using the name of a cryptocurrency for something that has nothing to do with it??

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Ripple crypto doesn't own that name in any domain other than crypto so it can be used in other applications without an issue. The name makes a great deal of sense in this context since mmWave uses tiny waves; otherwise known as ripples.

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