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Light-Painting Visual Art Reveals WiFi Signal Topography

, Mar 9th 2011 Discuss [2]

Here's an interesting visual art project that reveals the invisible landscape of our WiFi networks and explores the effects that these intangible phenomena have on how we experience products and cities. The "Immaterials: Light Painting WiFi" project was created by visual artists Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, and Einar Sneve Martinussen. Read The Full Story

Apple Lounge to hit St. Louis

Move over New York City because St. Louis' new Apple store might just be Apple's most innovative store yet! With a never before seen "lounge" area with free Wi-Fi, this new Apple store structure will be sure to blow all of us away (or at least the residents in St. Louis). Read The Full Story

SafeCell testing cheap in-flight MMS

I bet there are many people out there who have hopped a commercial flight for business or pleasure and been stuck next to a fat person spilling over into their seat or a screaming kid the whole flight. It gives you a good story to tell when you land, but why wait. With a new in-flight MMS service that has been tested successfully, you could just send a pic of the offending person to your friends. Read The Full Story

Borders and Verizon team up for free Wi-Fi

Everyone knows that the way to lure avid readers into your bookstore is to offer overpriced coffee and free Wi-Fi. This is the tact that Barnes & Noble took with AT&T to get customers into its stores to buy digital books. Borders has now teamed with Verizon to offer a similar Wi-Fi service. Read The Full Story

Netgear unveils RangeMax dual band wireless-N WNDR3700 router

Netgear has announced the launch of its newest wireless router for gamers called the RangeMax Dual Band wireless-N Gigabit Router WNDR3700. The router is optimized for gamers and media enthusiasts to allow for priority for certain types of network traffic. Read The Full Story

Wi-Fi phone shipments expected to double every two years

One of the most important features of a mobile phone be it a feature phone or a smartphone to many users is Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi connectivity allows the user to surf the net or download applications without having to rely solely on often slow or unavailable 3G networks. Read The Full Story

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