Apple’s Multi-million Dollar Antenna Test Lab

I was quite surprised at the look and design of Apple’s antenna test lab which holds $100M of state of the art equipment. It reminds me of first year design studio – a space I never would have thought existed in the real world.

Ha, good to know your iPhone is going under rigorous testing – rubber bands do the trick.

Each chamber is connected to racks of equipment that simulate actual cellular base stations, wi-fi networks, bluetooth devices and GPS satellites.

The walls are lined with a carbon-impregnated foam that eliminates any extraneous variables from within the room like signal bounce.

Official screen shots and video can be found here and here.