Even as Bianchini remains committed to helping individuals and small groups build audiences around their own quirky interests and passions, her team has recently put more effort into pitching Ning's network-building capabilities to traditional media companies like print publishers and television networks.
The Archer module consists of the UltraGig 6400 single chip transmitter with its intelligent beam-forming 60GHz RF transceiver, embedded antenna array, and WirelessHD 1.1 compliant network processor as well as all necessary external components on a single, flex- print cable module.
The research team uses a RepRap 3D printer and a custom extruder head to print a filament network composed of sucrose, glucose and dextran which is later encased in a bio-gel containing living cells.