Red Alloy Wire

Red Alloy Wire is an important tool if you are an aspiring redstone-engineer. It has the incredible reach of 255 Blocks, and you can place it on all six sides of a block, including the bottom. To get all of these bonuses, you only have to invest one single Iron Ingot for every 4 Redstone.

It will connect to almost anything, including Cells and Gates, and they will power the block that it is placed on, in addition to the block it is actually connected to. In fact, they are capable of indirectly powering or being powered indirectly from the block it is placed on. Only uninsulated wires can be powered this way. This is basically an upgraded version of Redstone and is far more useful.