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A Spray On Antenna?

Simple Wifi Booster For Free

Learn how to make a simple (basically free) wifi antenna booster using tin foil. Yes, it sounds crazy, but it actually works and significantly increases your wifi signal in the dead zones of your house. The video above is pretty lengthy, but does a good job walking you through a few optimal designs.

http://hacknmod.com/hack/dirt-simple-wi-fi-signal-antenna-booster-for-free/

Hip-Hop Basslines Could Power Implantable Medical Devices

Your favorite hip-hop artist could save a life someday — or at least control a person’s bladder — through the power of heavy bass beats, according to new research. Acoustic waves from rap music shudder through your body with ease, and can readily power a new implantable medical device.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-01/bumping-rap-beats-could-power-implantable-medical-devices

Psychedelic Sphere of LEDs

The friend of a performer created this optical light display of 256 LEDs that can be programmed to create some fascinating displays.  The ball has 16 panels, which are not only the circuit boards, but the structural support of the ball as well. The central brain is provided by an Arduino powered by two AA batteries.  For more information, see the full project details (the site may be temporarily down).


 http://hacknmod.com/hack/psychedelic-sphere-of-leds/

An Aerial Drone That Could Recon the Skies Over Titan

Drones: they’re not just for controversial cross-border airstrikes anymore. Physicist Jason Barnes has designed a robotic aircraft that could cruise the methane skies of Saturn’s moon Titan almost indefinitely, beaming data and images back to Earth and terminating with extreme prejudice any terrorist threats it encounters there (we made that last part up).

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-01/aerial-drone-concept-could-recon-skies-over-titan-indefinitely

Five ways the digital camera changed us

BBC News : Photography firm Kodak has run into hard times, with critics suggesting it has failed to effectively adapt to digital. But four decades ago Kodak was credited with building the first digital camera, an innovation that has changed the world.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16483509

Samsung's 'future-proof' voice-controlled television

BBC News : A "smart" internet-connected television that has the ability to have its hardware upgraded every year has been unveiled by Samsung. It has an expansion slot allowing new kit to be added to boost processing performance and introduce new features.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16480712