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Boeing Uses Potatoes for Wi-Fi Testing

Description:Boeing uses bags of potatoes for Wi-Fi testing. One would imagine companies to use cutting edge methods for testing new features on planes.Well, Boeing recently tested out their Wi-Fi signals by using 20,000 pounds of potatoes.Using a decommissioned plane, the seats were filled with potato sacks. While it may sound crazy, apparently vegetables' interactions with Wi-Fi signals are very similar to that of human bodies. Boeing officials state that the potatoes are “the perfect stand-in for people w (1:00)

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