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STICK IT TO THE MAN By  Alexandra Ossola DIY HDTV Antenna Photograph by Jonathon Kambouris This fractal antenna can be assembled in an hour or less. Frustrated by years of expensive cable bills, Norm Sutaria ditched his set-top box and used  online instructions  to build a homemade HDTV antenna. Then the education specialist shared his newfound expertise with a class at Brooklyn Brainery, a crowd-sourced education space in New York City. Popular Science  sat in to learn how to nab affordable, high-resolution television. Design Students in Sutaria’s class built either a 32-inch “bow tie antenna,” reminiscent of the classic rabbit ears, or an eight-inch “fractal antenna,” pictured here, which is more compact and slightly harder to make. Assembly Both designs were simple: a few pieces of copper wire arranged on a block of wood using nails and washers. The wires pick up HDTV signals and send them to the television via a matching t...