When it comes to the word “Hover”, it is a fascinating one in the tech industry. We have been seeing many concepts and prototypes on the internet. But, very few seemed near to perfection and reality. Out of all those, the E-hang seemed impressive right from its introduction. We’ve been seeing E-hang being showcased in three CES in a row right from 2015. E-hang, fully autonomous flying vehicle that can transport one passenger has been getting a lot of attention since its first introduction in 2014.  But, Hoversurf, the Russian startup, is now becoming the next name to be taken when taking about the hoverbike. The company has recently released the trailer of its coming commercial hoverbike on YouTube. It is the first of its kind that lets a man fly it just like one rides a motorbike.

Scorpion 3: You can fly it but should you?

The Scorpion 3, the World’s first manned hoverbike, boasts the frame design of a dirtbike. Instead of wheels, it has four propellers just like any other flying drones. The best part is, the man flying this aircraft will have full manual control. The rider (or should I say the pilot) can surf in the mid-air, take turns and accelerate up to the speed of around 50km/hr. Moreover, the craft is designed to fly as high as 10 meters.

This air-borne electric powered craft runs on in-house software that has different safety programming embedded in it. This single seated quadcopter can carry a weight of up to 120kg. Flying the Scorpion 3 looks thrilling but is it safe? That’s the real question to be answered.

Scorpion 3 from the Hoversurf

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At the end of the day, I think it’ll be safe to say it is a drone that can fly a man with it. Well, drones, we’ve seen many releases and many came with the issues. Take, for example, the Karma drone from GoPro which was recalled after 16days of its release. The drone started falling out of the sky for no known reason. What will happen when the Scorpion 3 will have such issues? The damages such issues are gonna create are unthinkable. We’re talking about lives here. Plus, those sharp metal propellers rotating at such speed could easily chop off your legs. So, for those excited to ride on Scorpio 3 when it becomes commercially available, all I wanna say is just think twice.

Ringing Bells Company emerged in the smartphone arena bringing the world cheapest smartphone available in the mediocre amount of $4. The cheapest smartphone, Freedom 251 boasts specs which worth countless time more than the cost for its purchase. Because of its price and the specs carried by it, it got attentions from all around the globe. Now the same company is alleged for fraudulent activity and the company Director Mohit Goel is arrested for it. After the arrest of Mohit Goel, the police mentioned that they are in search of four more directors of the company.

For the genuine specs and wallet-friendly price, there were a lot of people to have their hands on the device. Studying the market demand of the device, Akshay Malhotra, of Ghaziabad-based Ayam Enterprises, got interested in the sales of Freedom 251. So, Goel and his team had persuaded Malhotra to take up the distributorship of phones and other accessories. The contract was signed which worth 3 million Indian Rupees in December 2015. However, the contract did not ease the things with Malhotra. He had to face recurrent delays in the supply, which was beyond the promise Goel made to him. Malhotra later realized that the supply he received so far valued less than half he paid. And the products received were of extremely poor quality. Feeling defrauded in the trade, Malhotra demanded a refund for unfulfilled demand. However, in the return, he and his family were threatened to be killed.

The police have also mentioned that they had received several other complaints regarding the frauds done by Ringing Bells Company. For now, Goel is in custody and they have intended to take him to court at the earliest. The FIR filed by Malhotra has also named four other individuals. The names on the FIR are all associated with the administration of Ringing Bells. It includes present Managing Director Anmol Goel, Mohit’s wife Dharna Garg (former CEO), General Manager Sumit Kumar, and Mohit’s partner Ashok Chaddha.

Approximately, 10years ago Internet at home was considered a luxury. But now, it can be considered as an essential. Well, who doesn’t have the internet at home? But things get messy sometimes. We all have experienced the WiFi strength at home not being uniform throughout. So to boost the WiFi strength at your home, should you replace the current router of yours? Well, not necessarily. That said, yes new routers come with new antennas and new technology embedded in them. But still, with few easy tricks, you can boost the WiFi strength of your current router at home. Here we’ve listed 5 easy tricks to boost your WiFi strength.

1. Right placement of the router

The first easy trick is finding the right spot for your router. Right placement of the router is something we fail to take advantage of. But which spot is the right spot for the router? We have to find an answer for this question first. Well, it depends on the house design. Just the easy way is to find the spot that has the best line-of-sight to each room in the house. But make sure, it is not inside a cabinet or closet you’re keeping your router. Plus, it’s always better to keep router away from metals and walls. They are what absorb your signal the most, resulting in degraded signals. While placing the router, don’t place it low like over the floor. It is always better to place your router at some height. It is because some antennas are radiating signal in little downward directions.

2. Keep it away from the Interference

The routers basically operate in 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Here, in Nepal, most of the routers being used operate in 2.4GHz frequency. It is the same frequency band being used by the household appliances like microwaves, cordless phones, and others. So, in order to minimize interference from those appliances to your router, place your router away from such appliances. The best would be to keep your router in isolation from any other electronic devices such as TVs and others.

3. Changing the channel of the network

Interference to your WiFi network might come from the routers nearby. That could be your neighbors’ routers. So, to prevent your signal from degrading from such interferences. Try changing the channel of your router. Check the signal improvements with the change in the channel and set it to the channel that gives the best signal strength inside your house.

4. Antenna Positioning

The signal strength reception is also related to the antenna positioning. The alignment of antennas in phone depend on how you hold your phone. But most of the time when we’re using our phone it is placed slightly vertical. So positioning antenna of your router vertical can be found wiser for using the internet on phone. But in laptops, the antennas lie horizontally. So, to increase WiFi connectivity with your laptops the antennas are better positioned horizontally. Antennas get connected the best when their alignment is parallel. The best routers are the one with two antennas, that way you can place one vertically and the other horizontally.

5. DIY signal booster for your existing antenna

If your signal is a little weak at the edge of your house then with some easy DIY tricks, you can extend the range of your WiFi signal. The best easy trick is the one in which you can make the use of your empty beer/soda can that might be lying in your trash bag. Follow few simple steps to cut the can as demonstrated in the tutorial and put it around the antenna. And bam! Now the range of your signal will be extended without having you to buy a new antenna or a repeater.

Verdict

Are these the only tricks one can do to boost his/her router’s WiFi strength? Well, the answer is no. I mentioned only the easy ones that anyone can do. If you are wondering what are the other tricks. There are tricks like hacking your router and installing some firmware that will allow you to change the power output from the antenna. Put perform such tricks at your own risk. Because that way, you might end up frying your router. Plus, if you are not on a budget, you can buy a repeater to extend the range of your home network’s WiFi signal. Additionally, if you have a spare DSL router lying around, you may use it as a repeater itself.