Turning myself into a mobile wifi hotspot
I really hate nonwifi areas. Today I had about a good two hours of walking through a nonwifi area to get home from a roller derby game I went to. Now I started thinking, if I can't turn the world into a giant mobile hotspot, can I at least turn myself into one? I think the answer is yes. Get a mobile hotspot from Verizon or AT&T, yes you will have to pay for the service, but it's not too expensive, I think like $15-$25 a month, slap on an inductive power supply to charge it wirelessly, bioproof it, and implant it turning yourself into a mobile hotspot. After I start getting a consistent income, I would like to build a prototype. What are your thoughts on this idea? Any suggestions? Feedback? Etc?
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if there is one thing about wifi.. than it's eating energy at the same rate pacman munges away those yellow dots. AmmonRa is absolutely correct on this.
A random device i found has a 1800mAh battery. given our inductive charging rates range between 5 and 20mA right now. you'd need about 100hours to charge that thing, giving you 5 hours of operation, or a bit less than 2 days standby. unless you have an on/off switch, that thing eats more than 3 times the energy on standby than you can charge it.
also, a normal battery has about 500 to 800 charge cycles befor the performance starts to degrade noticably. given the standby/operating time that means that your device would be pretty usless after 2 or 3 years (even if you manage to charge it fast enough)
other than that. those thing are huge (due to the battery), tissue isn't exactly wifi-friendly, and last but not least you'd be in trouble when you want to change the provider , cause you'd have to cut yourself open to get the simcard out.
and finally, the entire idea is pretty much "why?". the only occasion when turning yourself into a wifi hotspot is of any use is: when you have a device that uses this wifi. a situation where you carry around some sort of laptop/mobile/gadget already.Instead of cutting you open you could just aswell get that laptop/mobile/whatever it is with a 3g modem build-in (or carry arround the 3g modem in your pocket).
your body ain't a place to just stuff your belongings into. there are a few great things you can do by putting stuff into your body. but for most things it does no good at all. a little evaluation help http://home.arcor.de/positiveelectron/files/biohackflowchart.pdf
don't get me wrong. this really is nothing personal. there are just too many ideas popping up on the forum that somehow don't really make sense.
sry for the ranting. don't take it too personal. it's just a technically pretty much not so great idea.
You have given me a lot to think about. I would still like to at least make a prototype one day to experiment with.
The biggest reason is i really dont care too much about smartphones right now. I only require 3 things in a phone: a keyboard, unlimited calls, and unlimited text. My plan on Metro PCS is cheap, affordable, and has everything i require. I refuse to upgrade my iPad for the simple reason that this is one of the last jailbreakable models as of right now. It's on 5.1.1, everything else is 6.0+. But my iPad is wifi only, kinds the whole reason why I thought of this.
That's a very good idea. It gives me a place to start at least. I really hope I can accomplish this, but if I have to scrap it I will though.
The other side of the spectrum I think is being demonstrated in this post. I'm not interested in an RFID because I could have one on my belt buckle or in a ring. If you can carry it and get the same functionality it doesn't make sense. I don't believe that forgetfulness warrants surgery. Lets be realistic here... wolverine claws might seem cool, but how many times this year have you said, "Damn, I wish I had a pocket knife right now." I carry one in my bag. Not even in a pocket because it's of limited use. So a knife implant? Really? The south paw type projects... I like! But seldom ever think, damn I wish I had a compass; however, the incorporation of a new spatial "compass sense" is something I simply can't carry in my pocket. No offense meant Brandon, but I think you could come up with a better/more utile augment to pursue.