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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: Fansome on June 22, 2008, 0033 UTC

Title: Cell phone RF is strong enough to pop corn!
Post by: Fansome on June 22, 2008, 0033 UTC

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself:

http://www.youtube.com/v/V94shlqPlSI&hl=fr

Title: Re: Cell phone RF is strong enough to pop corn!
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on June 22, 2008, 0054 UTC

Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos

YouTube videos that show a group of friends apparently cooking kernels of popcorn with their cellphones have been viewed more than a million times since they were uploaded last week.

The clever parlor trick (see embedded clip) looks amazing enough, but there's a hitch: It's not physically possible, according to University of Virginia physics professor Louis Bloomfield.

"[The videos] are cute," said Bloomfield in a phone conversation Monday. "But that's never gonna happen."


http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/cellphones-cant.html (http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/cellphones-cant.html)

Title: Re: Cell phone RF is strong enough to pop corn!
Post by: Fansome on June 22, 2008, 0213 UTC

Gee, you're no fun, Chris...