Two thirds of the Pro news team went out last night to a silent disco. If you’ve never heard of this, it’s an odd concept straight from Holland that involves everything that a standard disco does; a DJ, music, a large venue, some booze and dancing, but has one little twist – there are no speakers. Everyone listens to the music on wireless headphones. It’s a very odd experience.

This was even stranger than your usual silent disco, though, as the Fun Lovin’ Criminals also played a silent set. Pop the headphones on and you heard Huey and the rest bashing through their greatest hits, but take them off and all you got was a faint, muffled drummer from within his glass enclosure.

While watching I got thinking about what exactly was going on behind-the-scenes. Not only was the sound being transmitted to us over RF, but it was also being broadcast live online and sent over to Holland were it was transmitted on local radio.

The musicians had wireless instruments, too, and the staff had walkie-talkies so they could chat without having to run all around the venue. Everyone in the crowd had phones, and many were making calls as the room was practically silent. Further complicating matters, cameramen were also walking around the venue, wirelessly transmitting HD video to the sound desk where it was mixed and sent back to HDTVs on the stage.

All of this was going on at once, and all of it was perfectly normal. The only odd thing about the whole night was that it all worked. All of these confusing and conflicting wireless protocols managed to beam themselves around Koko without breaking each other, and the whole night went off without a hitch.

This all lead me to one question: why doesn’t my wireless router stretch to my kitchen?