"... this fog bank is always present, hiding the exotic and mysterious jungles of Lisp."
[courtesy of Carl Helmers and Robert Tinney - Byte magazine August 1978]
xbee module also:
http://www.maxstream.net/products/xbee/xbee-oem-rf-module-zigbee.php
and:
http://itp.nyu.edu/~raf275/meshnetworking/XBee/XBee_example.html
http://mrtof.danslchamp.org/AXIC - Arduino Xbee Interface Circuit
Note also 3v parts: Atmega8L is 3v version (or use 168 part and in case of Arduino Bluetooth (3.3v and 5v needed use of MAX1676 DC-DC convertor and MC33269D-3.3 regulator)