Popular Science’s How2.0 column has a nifty piece on how a guy turned a backpack into a solar-powered WiFi hotspot (via a bridge to a high-speed cellular Net service).
So, the next time you’re hiking around Southern California, don’t be afraid to whip out your WiFi-equipped portable to see if you can sniff out Net access. You may, thanks to this uber-geek lugging a hotspot on his back. (Of course, later on, you can pay your last respects when you find him dead from dehydration and over-exposure ’cause he didn’t have room for his camping gear — but hey, that solar hotspot’ll STILL be hummin’ away!)
[Via Boing Boing]