Panasonic claims to have developed the world’s first broadband powerline [warning: PDF] networking technology. Now you can plug their audio cassette sized adapters into your electricity sockets and transmit super fast data all round yer home.

‘Panasonic has developed technology, which it calls HD-PLC (high definition ready high speed power line communication)…[that] make possible stable and affordable data transfer over home power lines at ultra-high speeds of 190Mbps, rivaling optical fiber.