Peter Binder After Friday's press conference dealing with the iPhone 4 antenna issue, in which Steve Jobs tried to play down the media firestorm surrounding the news, Apple gave several journalists a private tour of the device's radio-frequency testing as well as a glimpse into the wireless product design process such as an iPhone or iPad.
In addition to Ruben Caballero, a senior engineer and antenna expert at Apple, about 10 reporters and bloggers completed the tour. They had the opportunity to see the wireless device testing laboratory, which consists of several anechoic chambers for measuring the frequency of individual devices in different conditions.
Apple calls this laboratory a so-called "black" lab, because even some employees did not know about it until Friday's press conference. The company mentioned it publicly to show that it is taking the antenna issue, including its testing, seriously. Phill Schiller, vice president of marketing at Apple, said that their "black" lab is the most advanced laboratory in the world that conducts radio-frequency studies.
The lab consists of test chambers lined with sharp blue pyramids of extruded polystyrene designed to absorb radio-frequency radiation. In one chamber, a robotic arm holds a device like an iPad or iPhone and rotates it 360 degrees, while analytics software reads the wireless activity of individual devices.
In another chamber during the test process, a person sits in the middle of the room on a chair and holds the device for at least 30 minutes. Again, the software senses wireless performance and examines interactions with the human body.
After completing passive testing inside isolated chambers, Apple engineers load the van with synthetic hands holding individual devices and then drive out to test how the new devices will behave in the outside world. Again, this behavior is recorded using analytics software.
Apple built its laboratory mainly for the purpose of full oversight of the design (redesign) of their devices. Prototypes are tested several times before they become full-fledged Apple products. E.g. the IPhone 4 prototype was tested in chambers for 2 years before its design was established. In addition, the laboratory should also serve to minimize the leakage of information.
Source: www.wired.com
Can someone enlighten me on the sentence "In addition, the laboratory should also be used for less information leakage."?
They probably expect less leakage due to the fact that the devices will not have to be tested in the field (as often). Then it happens all at once, the tester is hot, he goes to the bar, has one, the other, a drink... and he already has IP4 Gizmodo :-) At least they wanted us to think that it was :-) But it was anyway just a trick to get the new design into people's subconscious.. so that it's not such a jump shock... 100% success rate
http://www.youtube.com/user/apple?blend=2&ob=4#p/u/1/MBsTZihzAo8
OMG iphone 4 tested for 2 years? I see that. It's like in the CIA, what kind of prototype am I testing there now.
God, that's stupid. The author should have had a less incompetent colleague translate it (ideally from another faculty) and not rely on google translator.
They probably expect less leakage due to the fact that the devices will not have to be tested in the field (as often). Then it happens all at once, the tester is hot, he goes to the bar, has one, the other, a drink... and he already has IP4 Gizmodo At least they wanted us to think that it was But anyway it was just a trick to get a new one design into people's subconscious..so that it is not such a jump shock...100% success rate
OMG iphone 4 tested for 2 years? I see that. It's like in the CIA, what kind of prototype am I testing there now.