Make Your Own Portable Wifi Connection

[Nic Wilson]

Be Your Own Hotspot

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how2/article/...1076525,00.html

Saw this article and thought it sounded interesting for those of you with deep enough pockets to pull it off. I have seen some chase vehicles with a similar set-up, albeit not integrated into a backpack. It might be difficult to find enough solar power to recharge the battery underneath a massive meso haha. If the price in the technology can come down a little bit more this will definitely be Baron's WX Worx worst fear, although cell coverage is still very spotty in many areas across the plains that chasers frequent.

 

[Ben Cotton]

Nic, you beat me to it....

This is way more technology than I care to break right now (I'm on a bit of a streak of breaking expensive toys) but it does look pretty interesting. A more permanent mount would work better for chasing, I'd think. As far as power goes, the battery in the instructions lasts 3 hours...so as long as you're not stuck under a stratus deck most of the way to the target, you should be fine. Then again, once you're right there, what do you need the internet for anyway? I'd imagine with a little bit of electrical genius, you could rig extra or larger-capacity batteries to the device.


Ben

 

[Paul Stofer]

LOL!! I wonder what a police officer would think if you got pulled over and had your car searched..... and he found this wifi backpack.. LOL!!

Seriously officer... It's a wireless internet backpack... :roll: