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12-26-2012, 06:29 AM
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While major airlines offer Wi-Fi on many flights, the signal strength can be spotty. Airlines and aircraft makers have been striving to improve this with the growing use of wireless devices and the number of people who don't want to be disconnected ...
Boeing uses potatoes to improve Wi-Fi signals (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFbmBVjB8xjNlC1P-fMdC32kvrbRw&url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2012/12/24/boeing-wifi-potatoes/1789109/)USA TODAY
Potatoes Replace Passengers to Improve Plane Wi-Fi (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHtq9LI21j_fxxT1BY2HkmRB6oGNA&url=http://en.ria.ru/business/20121224/178379706.html)RIA Novosti
BOEING REPLACES PEOPLE WITH POTATOES FOR WI-FI RESEARCH (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHTEYQbWoE6J--NGVTjCf8lJmgcdg&url=http://radio.foxnews.com/2012/12/23/boeing-replaces-people-with-potatoes-for-wi-fi-research/)FOX News Radio

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