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The Right Hand Of Telstra: Meet The In-House Deathgrip Tester
Deathgrip. It sounds like a Harry Potter villain or a Darth Vader finishing-move. No matter what it sounds like, it’s still the arch-nemesis of cellular networks. When Apple addressed the iPhone 4′s deathgrip issue — dubbed Antennagate — it dragged other manufacturers down with it by saying that the same thing happens to all phones when you hold them wrong. Those manufacturers quickly rebuked the claims of Steve Jobs, but inside a sealed, top-secret Australian facility, behind a thick, steel door, Telstra was testing all of its handsets for deathgrip symptoms. The results: deathgrip affects every handset ever made.
Is The HSC Really Less Stressful With A Timer Strapped To Your Wrist?
When taking your HSC — or what ever the relevant government is calling it these days — the last thing you want is your university dreams dashed because you ran out of time. So for $US40 this Testing Timer watch has a very specific purpose — keeping you on time and on pace to finish every question in the allotted time frame.
Portable Electric Car Chargers Travel To Where They’re Needed Most
Electric car “range anxiety?” Real, says GM, anyway. So, to limit the potential for mass hysteria as future commuters’ e-tank gauges slide slowly towards E, a solution is needed. Mitsubishi’s portable, networked charging stations could be a start.
Telstra’s Got A Foam Padded Room For Testing Smartphones Too
Remember those photos from Apple showing their amazing foam padded reception testing rooms? Well, Telstra’s got one of their own, plus a guy called Warwick who tests every single Telstra handset’s antenna performance.
Lexar Has A Huge Oven For Cooking USB Drives
Every consumer electronics company raves about their quality testing, but Lexar actually published a video showing how they do it.
More Apple Antenna Lab Spy Shots Surface
Lockheed Martin HULC Exo-Skeleton Prepares To Smash Human Beta Tests
The HULC exo-skeleton, Lockheed Martin’s prototype heavy lifter for infantry troops in the field, has its battery and is now ready for human trials. If they’re successful, field tests could be close on their heels.
Apple’s $US100 Million iPhone Test Chamber
At today’s event, Steve Jobs gave the audience a glimpse of the the space-age chambers that Apple uses to test its prototype iPhones. Apple posted the pictures and, as MG Siegler said, it’s basically Professor X’s brain scan room.
