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What Wi-Fi Would Look Like If We Could See It

Posted by samzenpus on from the looking-behind-the-curtain dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "Artist Nickolay Lamm, a blogger for MyDeals.com, decided to shed some light on the subject. He created visualizations that imagine the size, shape, and color of wi-fi signals were they visible to the human eye. 'I feel that by showing what wi-fi would look like if we could see it, we'd appreciate the technology that we use everyday,' Lamm told me in an email. 'A lot of us use technology without appreciating the complexity behind making it work.'"

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  1. Huh? by Laxori666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I could always see it that way. I thought it looked that way to everyone? I always wondered why when I took a photo I wouldn't see the waves in the photo.

    1. Re:Huh? by hawguy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I could always see it that way. I thought it looked that way to everyone? I always wondered why when I took a photo I wouldn't see the waves in the photo.

      Nice one Geordi. Stop going on about how superior your VISOR is. You're blind. We get it.

  2. As a tinfoil hat-smith by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish they were visible...

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    Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
    1. Re:As a tinfoil hat-smith by the_other_chewey · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yup, this is worthless.

      in TFA, the person creating the pretty images is cited:
      "Wifi waves are about 3 to 5 inches from crest to crest.
      The crests of waves is translated to a 1 by a computer,
      and the the troughs equal a 0.      "

      I laughed out loud and closed the tab.

  3. Re:Ad supported post... by pspahn · · Score: 3, Funny

    The bloggers at MyDeals.com are some of the most forward thinking RF engineers on the planet, though, be sure not to confuse them with the exceptional Geo engineers often found blogging for FreeCreditReportOnline.com... those guys are genius.

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    Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.
  4. Re:What is electricity? by Obfuscant · · Score: 4, Funny

    And don't ever ever do this, but this is what electricity tastes like...