Inflight Wi-Fi testing with sacks of potatoes

Thursday, December 20th, 2012 Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor

Complex equations, Metrology lab calibrations and…20,000 pounds of potatoes. All for testing inflight Wi-Fi.

Companies are going to great lengths to bring us a strong, steady inflight Wi-Fi experience. In PCMag.com, Boeing Tests In-Flight Wi-Fi … With Potatoes, Boeing shows its creativity in its effort to build in-flight Wi-Fi systems. Rather than asking real people to sit on test planes for hours, the company is replacing them with sacks of potatoes.

Pototoes mimic the interactions that a human body will have with the radio waves.
And, if you don’t believe it, you can watch the video:

This way, the mobile worker doesn’t need to worry whether they get a strong signal in any row and in any position at the seat.

Happy travels!

Tags: inflight internet