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Cardboard WiFi Antenna Upgrade

Posted by michael on from the don't-get-it-wet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A British company called Tritium is marketing a piece of cardboard with metal foil on one side. You order it for under US$25, shipping included, and you get a flat envelope with the cardboard. Cut it out, shape it into a parabola and snap it into the little stand. Then slip it over your current antenna. It is advertised to extend the range of your current antenna by 2 to 3 times. See their website for more information on the cleverly named Tritium Flatenna."

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  1. This looks strangely like advertisement by Cyb3r · · Score: 5, Insightful

    doesn't it?

  2. i laughed at this too by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Insightful

    i laughed at this too, like 90% of slashdotters here

    then again, if you told me in the 1980s that people would pay for bottled water

    or in the 1990s that people would pay $5.00 for a cup of coffee

    i would have laughed at you too

    the lesson is not to laugh, but to figure out your own amazing scheme

    for while we laugh at the people who sell this stuff, they are laughing all the way to the bank

    --
    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  3. Re:Make your own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, like someone said, If you glue two pieces of crap together, some $EXPLETIVE_FOO will pay good money for it. (And if you do it in white or aluminium and emboss an apple on it: 500% instant markup! ;) )

    /Consumerus Sapien