…but it’s actually very safe! And yes, NASA has a railroad. It’s been around since 1963, actually—so apologies to space nuts who’ve known about it for a while—but only recently has the agency uploaded an expose to YouTube. More »
I still can’t believe this is the first up-close, high-definition video of NASA retrieving the space shuttle’s two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) form the Atlantic Ocean, and yet it is! The SRBs, in a word, are massive. And they float! More »
By boosting its output to 30dBm (the maximum limited allowed by the FCC), this Extreme Range Wi-Fi router can allow you to get online wirelessly at up to a quarter-mile away from the base station.
Other features include 802.11b/g, WEP, WPA2, WPA-Enterprise and wireless repeater support. That last bit is important because you can actually keep using your newer, fancier router, but just use this Extreme Range Wi-Fi when you need to head down the road to berate your neighbours for keeping you up at night. Then again, $284 may be too high of a price for this when you can just buy a bunch of cheap repeaters and accomplish the same thing. [ThinkGeek via Random Good Stuff] More »
The Skinny: Like the big brother YX510, the YX300 is a cellular repeater. It’s dual band (1900MHz and 800MHz) but it’s only 1/4 the strength. I like it better. More »
The 1000-foot range and 3x signal boost hField Technologies claimed for their Wi-Fire signal boosters seemed like spec inflation, but Macenstein took precious time away from taking pictures of bikini ladies and tested it out. Their findings? An almost 5x boost. They would have hit the 1000-foot range as well if it weren’t for line-of-site issues, but they did find the clip on the Wi-Fire directional antenna to be all but worthless. All in all, a pretty great buy for $79 if your Wi-Fi streaming video looks more like a slideshow. [Wi-Fire via Macenstein - Thanks Mike!] More »
