I use a TV-topper to get my channels. While watching TV and trying to get a signal today, I discovered that the best place to get a signal was up near the cieling, with the antennas (antennae?) sticking out from the wall. So I hung the thing from a nail there, using the loop antenna in the center, and my reception has been flawless all night.

While watching TV tonight, I noticed that the triangular shape of the topper box, combined with the antennae sticking out, looked exactly like a huge cockroach head, and I kept expecting the things to start sweeping back and forth slowly. It was a creepy, unsettling, and slightly fascinating effect. This was the inspiration for this idea.

A TV topper that clings to the wall and moves along the wall, insect- like, searching out the best signal, the antennae slowly sweeping around until optimal signal clarity is achieved. As the signal drifts, the Insectenna follows.
-- 21 Quest, Sep 16 2009

naked lunch? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Lunch
[po, Sep 16 2009]

I will have mine in the shape of an ant please.
-- kaz, Sep 16 2009


Time for some naked lunch?
-- phoenix, Sep 16 2009


Ian, I'm referring to antennae that normally sit atop a TV, but can be moved around to achieve better signal reception. Also known as rabbit ears.
-- 21 Quest, Sep 16 2009


I'm not getting the naked lunch comment... phoenix, care to explain?
-- 21 Quest, Sep 16 2009


Wow, there are people who don't have cable still?
-- tatterdemalion, Sep 16 2009


Wow, there are still people who watch TV and other media?
-- pocmloc, Sep 16 2009


It's not a matter of still not having cable. It's a matter of refusing to pay for what I can get free through other channels (pun fully intended).
-- 21 Quest, Sep 16 2009



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