Pretty Fly for a Wifi

Student	Roel Roscam Abbing
Graduation Year
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Work Description
Bio	Roel Roscam Abbing (1990, NL) is an artist and researcher who spent too much time on his computer. Out of that came a collaborative practice in which he likes to deal with the cultures and issues surrounding networked computation. Currently he is interested in wireless community networks and the forgotten potential of radio.
URL	http://roelof.info

WI-FI (a play on Hi-Fi) is the trademark for IEE 802.11 standard of wireless data exchange on the 2450 megahertz radio band. Since its introduction in 2000 the WI-FI brand has become synonymous with wireless computer networks, a more generic term to use is WLAN.

Shortly after the commercial introduction of WI-FI equipment the idea of community wireless networks emerged. These grassroots organizations use WI-FI to build alternative network infrastructures, often on a peer to peer basis and without the need for costly wires. Such network infrastructures can be found on rooftops, balconies and windowsills and can cover large distances by broadcasting from building to building.

http://blog.milsystems.de/2013/08/wlan-antenne-aus-kuechensieb/

https://web.archive.org/web/20061025132609/http://www.saunalahti.fi/~elepal/antennie.html