[Xen-users] New Boeing Test Uses Potatoes to Improve Wi-Fi, Other Wireless Signals

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This came across another list a few minutes ago. I also heard about it 
on NPR today. Apparently, a sack of potatoes has the same 
electromagnetic characteristics as a human. The project is called 
"Synthetic Personnel Using Dialectic Substitution" - SPUDS for short.
*New Boeing Test Uses Potatoes to Improve Wi-Fi, Other Wireless Signals* 
<http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2012/12/new-boeing-test-uses-potatoes-to-improve-wi-fi-other-wireless-signals/> 

http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2012/12/new-boeing-test-uses-potatoes-to-improve-wi-fi-other-wireless-signals/ 

"Boeing, the nationâs largest airplane manufacturer, announced what it 
called a âbreakthroughâ in the procedures it uses to improve wireless 
connectivity inside an aircraft.âBoeing engineers discovered that 
potatoes serve as the ideal stand-in for actual passengers as their 
presence in the aircraft causes electronic signals to behave the same 
way as a human presence would. The new testing methodology, carried out 
in a decommissioned aircraft on the ground, allows the â"
Happy ChristmaHanuKwanzaFestiNalia,

Miles Fidelman

--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra


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