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12-21-2012, 10:09 PM
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Boeing Used 20000 lbs of Potatoes to Test Its In-Flight WiFi (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHuAzaU8aRxjhc3Mu0uCdvMmtU5Vg&url=http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/boeing-used-20-000-lbs-of-potatoes-to-test-its-in-flight-wifi/266509/)
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When engineers at Boeing attempted to test different WiFi system designs, they needed to either stock the plane full of warm human bodies or find something else to use in their place. The answer? Potatoes -- 20,000 lbs of them. In a press release, the ...
Boeing Uses Potatoes to Improve Inflight Wi-Fi (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHi5K8rhgXEzEhgmwiGIfuhc8BAEQ&url=http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/12/boeing-inflight-wifi-testing/)Wired (blog)
Testing Wi-Fi with a sack of potatoes (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWepjhB7BDGauv43_9q7WLS2gyDQ&url=http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/50264241/)NBCNews.com
Boeing uses potatoes instead of people to test wi-fi (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGKP2-iy5T7w4ISlsfX8o7UVFindg&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20813441)BBC News
Gizmodo (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE_f7CdUUQhE5lLNkNnkDmePWhRVw&url=http://gizmodo.com/5970134/airplane-wi%2Bfi-gets-tested-using-giant-sacks-of-potatoes) -Business Insider (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHB5OICuqCWu6oxGjPUwVh_PyNtBQ&url=http://www.businessinsider.com/20000-lbs-potatoes-airplane-inflight-wi-fi-2012-12)
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Boeing Used 20000 lbs of Potatoes to Test Its In-Flight WiFi (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHuAzaU8aRxjhc3Mu0uCdvMmtU5Vg&url=http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/boeing-used-20-000-lbs-of-potatoes-to-test-its-in-flight-wifi/266509/)
The Atlantic
When engineers at Boeing attempted to test different WiFi system designs, they needed to either stock the plane full of warm human bodies or find something else to use in their place. The answer? Potatoes -- 20,000 lbs of them. In a press release, the ...
Boeing Uses Potatoes to Improve Inflight Wi-Fi (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHi5K8rhgXEzEhgmwiGIfuhc8BAEQ&url=http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/12/boeing-inflight-wifi-testing/)Wired (blog)
Testing Wi-Fi with a sack of potatoes (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWepjhB7BDGauv43_9q7WLS2gyDQ&url=http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/50264241/)NBCNews.com
Boeing uses potatoes instead of people to test wi-fi (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGKP2-iy5T7w4ISlsfX8o7UVFindg&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20813441)BBC News
Gizmodo (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE_f7CdUUQhE5lLNkNnkDmePWhRVw&url=http://gizmodo.com/5970134/airplane-wi%2Bfi-gets-tested-using-giant-sacks-of-potatoes) -Business Insider (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHB5OICuqCWu6oxGjPUwVh_PyNtBQ&url=http://www.businessinsider.com/20000-lbs-potatoes-airplane-inflight-wi-fi-2012-12)
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