Candy watched as Marjorie attempted to work the needle through the material in the seed-size stitches required for the seam she was sewing.

NEWYORKER: The Visitor

The use of a polymer filling for the gaps instead of air lets the Singapore agency create a 3D, cavity-backed silicon antenna that measures just 0.06 by 0.04 inches, roughly the size of a seed on your hamburger bun, even as it increases the breakneck pace.

ENGADGET: Seed-sized A*STAR antenna could open the door to 20Gbps wireless