[geeks] geeks Digest, Vol 33, Issue 9

[velociraptor]

On 8/7/05, Michael Dombrowski <ab1244 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Not sure if this is the best or most elegant
> > solution, but you could
> > put a WiFi card on your gumstix and use one of the
> > many homebrew
> > wireless antenna designs on the ground for signal
> > amplification. I'd
> > imagine that a good omni-directional antenna would
> > do the trick.
> > --
> > Jeremy Grosser
>
> Not really, far too complicated and expensive. Plus,
> range would not be enough. Eventually I do hope to
> loft a microcontroller, but it would be a board of my
> own design using an Atmel uC. My best bet right now
> seems to be a $40/pair radio that Spark Fun sells
> which will do ~700ft.

Hack your Bluetooth and add a long range antenna?

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how2/article/0,20967,714017,00.html

Had to toss it out there. PopSci seems to be paying
attention to Make and RobotWars and the like...

=Nadine=