There are some delightfully absurd wireless Internet antenna solutions out there, from the ubiquitous Pringles and other “cantenna” to the soup-box antenna to the somewhat unsettling Bluetooth sniper rifle.
Which brings us to tonight’s creative antenna feature: Wok-Fi, wi-fi antennas made from woks and wok accessories (such as the large mesh “cooking scoop”). This site from New Zealand has a bunch of these “Poor Man’s” antenna hacks.
The caption for the above image here reads:
“Athough offering impressive gain (~24dB?) solid dishes of this size (600mm) are VERY prone to wind. This setup (on a sturdy weighted tripod) detected Access Points in the Hutt Valley — >10km away, across the Wellington Harbour — but a wind gust almost tossed it & the notebook PC away…”
[Thanks, Craniac!]