# Whaddaya think? Is it worth it?

**URL:** <https://community.oscium.com/t/whaddaya-think-is-it-worth-it/354>\
**Category:** Wi-Fi News Digest\
**Created:** [February 4, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/whaddaya-think-is-it-worth-it/354 "2020-02-04T02:42:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![brian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.oscium.com/brian/32/76_2.png) [@brian](https://community.oscium.com/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/whaddaya-think-is-it-worth-it/354/1 "2020-02-04T02:42:40Z")

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I could definitely get behind office cubicle walls made of this stuff (pun not intended, I swear!), I’m not sure about putting it in my game room, though.

> **[MIT's 'smart surface' could improve your WiFi signal tenfold - Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/03/mit-rfocus-smart-surface/)**
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> There's a problem with stuffing wireless connections into ever-smaller devices: they can struggle to maintain a good signal when there's so little space for antennas. MIT CSAIL researchers might have a fix, though. They've developed an RFocus "smart...

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**Author:** ![ryan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.oscium.com/ryan/32/116_2.png) [@ryan](https://community.oscium.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/whaddaya-think-is-it-worth-it/354/2 "2020-02-05T18:00:18Z")

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The current design leaves a lot to be desired from a consumer standpoint, and it definitely is an intriguing method for improving communication with tiny devices; I could see this concept eventually being used in a real product.