[ale] OT: Cell phone signal blocker

[tom]

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, Geoffrey wrote:

> Brian MacLeod wrote:
>>> As pointed out elsewhere, the low tech "Hands on the table
>>> where I can see them" would be the most portable and least
>>> expensive.
>>
>>
>> I'd go with an elevated basket at each table, and all cell phones
>> would be required to put into the table's basket.  That way, if
>> someone went for it, it would be more obvious.
>
> I was going to suggest a similar solution.  At my daughter's previous
> high school, they collected cell phones at the door before giving AP
> exams.  You picked your phone up on the way out.
>
The only challenge here that I see is making sure that all of the phones 
go into the basket.