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The Wireless Backpack Repeater

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-to-sexy-for-my-backpack dept.

Andy Laurence writes "So, you've decided to do a webcast around the streets of Bristol, but your puny wireless NIC isn't up to it? You need the ultimate wireless repeater! Built from an old backpack, a lead acid battery, a Linksys wireless device, and a rather scary antenna, this wireless repeater will get you webcasting from over a mile away." You'd definitely burn extra calories hiking with that thing.

3 of 241 comments (clear)

  1. Re:burning by brotherscrim · · Score: 0, Troll

    Give me a break. Look out! Cancer Rays! Don't believe everything your militia/new-age healing circle intercepts from lemurian broadcasts to the Illuminati.

  2. Whew by Linux+Thought+Leader · · Score: 0, Troll

    Good to know you've stopped trying to build a woman suit. Hookers are relieved all over the country.

  3. Microwave fresh! by Cumstien · · Score: 1, Troll

    The battery is the least of your worries. The resonant frequency of water is somewhere around 2450 Megahertz, which I believe is the approximate frequency that a microwave oven uses. 802.11 wireless uses 2.4 GHz (2400 MHz). Essentially this backpack will slowly cook you.

    Sign 'em up for the Darwin Awards.