Extend Wi-Fi range with a Q&D/DIY antenna “dish” made out of used tin cans.

Maybe provide/gain Internet access where/when service (ISP) isn't available/affordable?

1. Prior art: collect links, resources.
2. Research: does this really work? Countless prior art, YT videos, for years, but I've yet to find rigorous empirical evidence and explanations of why and how this should work, exactly.
3. Use TAMI's electronics (physics?) equipment (and member expertise?) to measure, quantify, model…
4. Build lots and lots… Guessing need to buy receivers? Various USB-based, with tiny built-in antennas, might work?