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Verizon Wireless is now offering a Network Extender that will enhance cellular coverage within the home or office, or any indoor area up to 5000 square feet for that matter. The Extender simply plugs into your existing broadband connection to connect to the Verizon Wireless network. Although the Network Extender will provide more reliable wireless service indoors it does not, unfortunately, support mobile broadband (EVDO) data speeds, anything from the V CAST group of products or any location based services like Navigator and Chaperone. In addition, the Extender will only work with Verizon Wireless phones.

The Network Extender can be purchased online or over the phone for $249.99. It requires a broadband connection of 300 Kbps or faster. There are no additional fees beyond the $250. Your normal Verizon

Scientists have discovered a new material with light-bending properties. The metamaterial (engineered, not found in nature) is the product of research aimed at developing cloaking technology which was formerly a denizen of the science fiction realm (Romulans, Klingons, etc.), but is now a potential reality of the not too distant future. The research was a joint effort between Duke University and Southeast University of Nanjing, China and funded by, surprise surprise, the U.S. military and defense contractor Raytheon.

Though the ultimate goal of cloaking technology is to render objects invisible to the human eye, it is not surprising that the technology makes objects invisible to devices that "see" other parts of the spectrum. According to researcher David Smith of Duke University, "Humans 'see' using visible light, which has wavelengths just under a micron (a millionth of a meter). But cell phones and other wireless devices