You might have done a little double take because of how unreal it sounds: An antenna you can spray on?

But Chamtech’s co-founder Anthony Sutera claims it might just be the solution to everyone’s bad reception woes. In the video presentation about the product, he explained: “We have come up with a material that when you spray it on, it lays out just in the right pattern and all of these little capacitors charge and discharge extremely quickly in real time and they don’t create any heat.”

Sounds like some sort of miracle product, but does it work? One of the results from Chamtech’s tests revealed that an RFID chip with a 5-foot range was turned into an RFID chip with a 700-foot range. There are also reports that the United States government is also looking into this technology.

For something that sounds incredibly groundbreaking, one can only wonder what could be the possible side effects of such a substance. I know I am.

[via NeoWIN via Cnet]

The site gives you fair warning that once these are stuck, they aren’t coming unstuck. Where you stick them affects the sound quality, of course, so you might want to do a bit of trial and error before attaching them permanently to your vintage Q*bert poster.

The SoundPads are just over 4 inches in diameter so should remain relatively discreet. They promise to “make most surfaces thump with sound.” I like the sound of that!  You can get a pair for $17.99 from ThinkGeek.