[CAnet - news] T-shirt lights up when it detects Wifi network
"Bill St.Arnaud" <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:12:32 -0400
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For more information on this item please visit my blog at http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------- [Excerpts from info world article from a posting on Dewayne Hendricks list - BSA] http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/10/05/T-shirt-shows-off-Wi-Fi-muscle_1.h tml?source=NLC-WIR&cgd=2007-10-11 T-shirt shows off Wi-Fi muscle ThinkGeek is selling a T-shirt with a built-in, battery-powered Wi-Fi signal detector that lights up like a cell phone signal strength indicator when it detects a nearby network With at least one municipal Wi-Fi project being proposed or abandoned seemingly every day and big carriers like BT Group turning to their subscribers' Wi-Fi routers to make Wi-Fi available, it's hard to know exactly where you can get online these days. But a T-shirt going on sale late this month could solve that problem for you and everyone around you. The Wi-Fi Detector Shirt, which the online store ThinkGeek will sell for $29.99, has glowing bars on the front that light up in waves when there's an IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g network in range. [...] ------------------------------------- To SUBSCRIBE: send a blank e-mail message to [email protected] To UNSUBSCRIBE: send a blank email message to [email protected] ------------------------------------- These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or management. ----------- [email protected] [email protected] web: www.canarie.ca/~bstarn skype: pocketpro blog: http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canarie.ca/mailman/listinfo/news