Boeing Uses 20,000 Lbs. of Potatoes To Check Aircraft Wireless Network Signals 104
coondoggie writes "Boeing calls it Project SPUDS — or rather, Synthetic Personnel Using Dielectric Substitution — that is, using sacks of potatoes perched on aircraft seats to test the effectiveness of wireless signals in an airliner cabin. Boeing said it was researching an advanced way to test wireless signals in airplanes and needed a way to effectively simulate 200-300 people sitting in seats throughout the aircraft."
Re:Extra large sacks of potatoes (Score:5, Informative)
The weight is not important. Sacks of potatoes can form a mostly human shape, and I suppose have a more or less similar water concentration? (emphasis on more or less)
Re:Tatters, precious? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Why couldn't they... (Score:2, Informative)
Even for tests, they're probably not yet allowed to have those 200-300 people in seats, using wifi, while the plane is aloft.
Re:coincidence (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Extra large sacks of potatoes (Score:5, Informative)