Get the fuck outta here.... Look what your cell phone can do

[ElsewheresDaughter]

Cell Phones waves pop popcorn!..



You might want to research the headphone thing though..

Seems like I read that wired Headphones are the worst.. ( The wire acts as an external antenna.. and directs the waves straight into the ear..)

These things are just bad peoples..

Use a headset when using your cellphone!
Not a wireless bluetooth, but a wired headset, zero microwaves...

or just text a lot, like me.... :)



watch these three vids:

The French Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAd0aWxs7kQ

The American Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V94shlqPlSI

The Japanese Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju5yIFu4yY8

If it does this to pop corn, just think what it does to our bodies and brains


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcLS2WJERQ0

[Teaser]

1. freaky

.

[Fuzz]

2. I'm getting all those videos no longer available.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. ummm? they work for me...try again

[whistle]

35. They all worked fine

[roguevalley]

57. a few years ago a couple of friends got brain tumors. they were

realtors who LIVED on their cells. The x-rays showed the tumors to be cell phone shaped, I kid you not. it was like someone had painted a phone on their x-rays.

[Lorien]

65. I talked to a young guy at Radio Shack who said that a friend of his

mother's had a son his age who died of a cancer tumor like that. The guy had worked installing Time-Warner cable and was always on his phone. The Radio Shack guy said that he was looking for another job because he's now freaked out about being around so many electronics all day. Who knows, he may have had a point.

[arikara]

71. I get that for half the videos on youtube

has been like that for 2-3 weeks. I find that with my old computer, the newer technology doesn't work so great all the time.

I don't even care anymore, I just spend less time on the computer. I'm not changing to Vista.

[Occulus]

83. There's always linux

Fedora Core 8 is pretty polished these days, and even runs Windows apps vis the WINE package.

[arikara]

84. Thanks for the tip

I've been considering Linux, just havent' made the move yet.

[Kutjara]

4. Well I, for one, will definitely stop...

...using four cellphones at once.

[NuttyFluffers]

76. you laugh, but apparently multiple cell use is real by playas in Japan

they'd have multiple cells on a chain, most often for various girlfriends using different numbers. i don't know if it's some sort of ironic justice that their gonads are being cooked by their cell phones, though...

[islandmkl]

5. screw popcorn...can the suckers fry bacon??

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. rofl....

:rofl:

[Senator]

77. only while being illegally wiretapped

[OffWithTheirHeads]

7. Well, if I had popcorn for a brain

But that would make me a Republic wouldn't it?

[Arctic Dave]

8. NO F-in WAY! That is crazy.

[papapi]

9. Fried brains? What's McSame's excuse.

[Hippo_Tron]

42. Well, I hear that these things produce a lot more radition than cell phones

[Teaser]

10. on second thought...

I'm going to have to try it over a glass table...

could just be a hot plate...

[rusty quoin]

11. And I was thinking the wireless bluetooth was a solution.

I'm glad I saw this before getting one. Thanx

[panader0]

12. I use one of those air poppers.

Zero oil so I can add more butter. (and too much salt) Plus the butter is bad for the cell phone.

[MonkeyFunk]

13. neat trick

wonder how it's done. I don't for a second believe those phones popped it that fast, or in any length of time.

[FatDave]

69. I'm with MonkeyFunk on this one.

Smells like a hoax to me.

[tom_paine]

89. I agree with you and Monkey. I don't think it changes the questionable

nature and effect of cell phone radiation on human tissue. It is a real issue.

But this? I, too, thinkit may be a hoax.

Remember Bonsai Kitty?

http://www.shorty.com/bonsaikitten/

[JVS]

88. we never get to see what's under the table

[originalpckelly]

14. Microwave radiation is not ionizing radiation, as such it does not cause cancer.

Cellphones do use frequencies considered a part of the microwave spectrum, but they're much lower than the 2.45 GHz used to heat food. I suspect the dielectric heating effect does not work as well at these lower frequencies.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

21. it still boils the water in each of your body's cells

[NutmegYankee]

55. And yet you feel no pain?

:shrug:

It might vibrate the water molecules, but it doesn't vaporize them. You'd notice.

[hokies4ever]

38. The concern is the increased heat in your cells

plus your simplification of cancer is laughable at best.

[lynnertic]

82. tell that to the families of the folks with cellphone-shaped brain tumors

as related upthread.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. Ok, I'm confused. You say don't use wired headphones but you can use a headset.

Aren't headsets either bluetooth or wired? Please help clarify this for me. :)
Thank you!

[hokies4ever]

39. I think the amount of energy transferred to your head by the headset

is much lower than the energy transferred by a cell phone to your head.

[goldcanyonaz]

16. Yeah, but how do you get rid of them after?

[originalpckelly]

17. I suppose this calls for duplication.

It would seem rather implausible for so many people to do this some other way, and cellphones do use microwaves. So I'll try it. I wonder if it will work with only one phone?

[Imalittleteapot]

18. Sending links to everyone. This is a

riot. I would love to know who thought of trying to pop popcorn with cell phones. Anyone know?

[EOTE]

23. Someone who gets a kick out of duping people. NT

[Uben]

19. Big deal, they can pop corn, but can they...........

...........dispense movie theater butter? Now there's a phone to buy!

[EOTE]

20. You know these are frauds right?

Right?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

22. no I don't know.....you got a link?

[EOTE]

24. I just used common sense, but here's a link.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?p=11288194

First of all, why would it require calling the cell phones? Outgoing signals are unidirectional in that respect, we're exposed to those outgoing signals all the time, yet we don't see corn spontaneously popping when people make a lot of calls. If they were going to make a legitimate test of the radiation emitted by cell phones, they'd test the radiation emitted when a call was already in progress and data was being sent from the phone.

[OneMoreDemocrat]

25. Makes sense, but I wonder how they did it.....

how it was faked.

[Lex]

37. heating thru the tablecloth

something is under there

[FatDave]

70. Adobe After Effects?

Quality digital effects are now readily available to talented kids with too much free time.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

26. thats a gaming discussion board thread...i'm not convinced

[EOTE]

27. Ummmm, how about convincing us of a ridiculous claim?

I'm sorry if I can't find many links debunking a ridiculous youtube scam, most people wouldn't take the time to bother. Please try this yourself. Take as much time as is necessary to convince yourself. For myself, I'm able to look at the sheer ridiculous nature of something like this and it's clear to me that it's a fake. I saw about 5 seconds of the clip before I knew without a doubt that this was the case.

[EOTE]

28. And once again, why would they call the phones?

You do realize that phones don't emit radition when they're just being called, right?

[Speck Tater]

86. They are most likely faked, BUT cell phones DO transmit when being called.

They have a back and forth communication protocol with the nearest cell tower. If you don'[t believe it, put your cell phone near your computer speakers and then call it. You will hear the data transmissions FROM your cell phone TO the tower as it is establishing its identity with the transmission tower.

[Donkey_Punch_Dubya]

30. It's explained by an electrical engineer with math

Totally proves this is garbage. The most important part is how a microwave takes a minute to pop the first kernal in a closed environment, and a microwave produces 100 to 1000 times the radiation that a cell phone does.

The bigger question is how they faked it? Hot plate underneath the table? That's the mystery.

[EOTE]

31. That's what I wonder.

As to this fake, I didn't buy it for a second. For some people, mathematical impossibilities don't mean a whole lot. But eventually math catches up with them. Just ask Hillary.

[dawgman]

43. watch how they put the kernels down on the table

especially in the american video. They are preheated.

[FredStembottom]

73. And the dialogue is very strained and artificial.

Like info-mercial patter. And it is all presented as spur of the moment but there are about 6 phones used (calling and receiving). Who carries extra phones?

One of the kernals also gives off a spark when it pops. I think that is a clue to how it was done.

[DUlover2909]

78. They used an irfrared CO2 laser behind the camera.

They only cost 10's of thousands of dollars and couldn't you see the blanket catching fire? hehe

[Canuckistanian]

33. Right. It's the transmissions, NOT the reception of RF

You output FAR more continuous RF radiation AFTER YOU ANSWER the phone and are using it. Or after you initiate a call yourself.

When a phone is ringing, it's sending out very short bursts - in fact, your phone is constantly sending our short bursts even when it's NOT ringing, just to maintain contact with the nearest cell antenna.

I haven't seen the video, but if it show the popcorn popping as the phones are ringing, then I suspect major bogosity.

[hokies4ever]

40. This analysis is dumb, the real solution is to buy a bag of popcorn yourself

and try it out at home.

[Canuckistanian]

46. Yes. I DARE anyone to verify this "phenomenon."

This is bogus.

For SO many reasons.

If any DUer can repeat this, I'll personally give them $20.

[hokies4ever]

50. I just repeated it and would like to cash in.

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

61. The check is in the mail.

Say, you seem like a bright person.

Are you interested in some prime Florida real estate?

[EOTE]

51. I'll take that bet.

I'd imagine someone off camera with one of these might be able to pop those kernels rather quickly.
http://www.spymodex.com/laserinfo.htm

[Canuckistanian]

58. No lasers. No external sources other than FOUR cellphones

ONE kernel of popping corn.

And the kernel must be "popped" within 15 minutes.

WITH a neutral observer and video evidence.

[EOTE]

64. You're no fun. NT

[Canuckistanian]

68. Sorry.

That's probably why I'm not popular at global warming denier parties.

[CoffeeCat]

87. I just did it 30 times...

...where's my $600??

hehe ;)

[RoyGBiv]

48. As long as they post videos ...

I wanna see people staring at the popcorn for hours on end waiting for something to happen.

Should be a hoot.

:popcorn: << -- made with the microwave, not the cell phone.

[hokies4ever]

52. This analysis doesn't take into account any 'preconditioning' they did to the kernels

One should not assume that they just pulled them out of the popcorn bag.

[EOTE]

53. Under no circumstances can a cell phone pop corn

No matter how much 'preconditioning' is done. I really hope you don't take any of that seriously.

[hokies4ever]

54. Yeah, I know it's a con

I tried a while back to convince some of my fellow grad students that the cell phone cancer studies in mice were faulty, but some people believe anything. :patriot:

[EOTE]

62. There's a big difference between cancer links, no matter how faint,

and popping corn with cell phones.

[lonestarnot]

29. Use speaker.

[El Supremo]

32. Not enough Watts

A cell phone emits about 0.6 Watts. It takes most of your microwave's 1700 Watts to pop popcorn.

[Canuckistanian]

41. Good point

Although I think cell phones can transmit at far more than 600mW. I think some can do at least two Watts.

But you're right. It's far less than the 1500+ Watts that a microwave uses.

ALSO, a microwave oven uses 2.45 GHz - a very specific frequency used INTENTIONALLY because it's the natural resonant frequency of WATER.

Most cell phones are designed NOT to use those frequencies because any microwave oven could interfere with your signal.

So therefore, cell phones would make LOUSY popcorn poppers.

[EOTE]

44. There you go being rational again. NT

[RoyGBiv]

45. I've seen 'em with 3W ...

They work in a range of wattage, emitting more during signal bursts, up to 3 watts I believe.

[Canuckistanian]

47. Yes, but for extremely short bursts

Your tiny cellphone battery couldn't last for ten minutes at that power level.

[RoyGBiv]

49. Of course ...

... didn't mean to suggest otherwise. Just agreeing that they do function at higher than 600mW, as you say for brief periods.

I'm just trying to figure the math on how many hours of a sustained burst like this directed precisely at the target would be required just to make the popcorn heat up enough to notice.

[ForeignSpectator]

80. Hmmm, so.... it would be a bad idea to stick your head into a microwave oven then?? n/t

[bananas]

85. No, it's not the "natural resonant frequency of WATER"

http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/HTW/microwave_ovens.html

It's a common misconception that the microwaves in a microwave oven excite a natural resonance in water. The frequency of a microwave oven is well below any natural resonance in an isolated water molecule, and in liquid water those resonances are so smeared out that they're barely noticeable anyway. It's kind of like playing a violin under water--the strings won't emit well-defined tones in water because the water impedes their vibrations. Similarly, water molecules don't emit (or absorb) well-defined tones in liquid water because their clinging neighbors impede their vibrations.

Instead of trying to interact through a natural resonance in water, a microwave oven just exposes the water molecules to the intense electromagnetic fields in strong, non-resonant microwaves. The frequency used in microwave ovens (2,450,000,000 cycles per second or 2.45 GHz) is a sensible but not unique choice. Waves of that frequency penetrate well into foods of reasonable size so that the heating is relatively uniform throughout the foods. Since leakage from these ovens makes the radio spectrum near 2.45 GHz unusable for communications, the frequency was chosen in part because it would not interfere with existing communication systems.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven

Microwave heating is sometimes explained as a rotational resonance of water molecules, but this is incorrect: such resonance only occurs in water vapor at much higher frequencies, at about 20 gigahertz. Moreover, large industrial/commercial microwave ovens operating at the common large industrial-oven microwave heating frequency of 915 MHz (0.915 GHz), also heat water and food perfectly well. <1> The frequencies used in microwave ovens were chosen based on two constraints. The first is that they should be in one of the ISM bands set aside for non-communication purposes. Three additional ISM bands exist in the microwave frequencies, but are not used for microwave cooking. Two of them are centered on 5.8 GHz and 24.125 GHz, but are not used for microwave cooking because of the very high cost of power generation at these frequencies. The third, centered on 433.92 MHz, is a narrow band that would require expensive equipment to generate sufficient power without creating interference outside the band, and is only available in some countries. For household purposes, 2.45 GHz has the advantage over 915 MHz in that 915 MHz is not an ISM band in all countries while 2.45 GHz is available worldwide.

[On the Road]

66. And It is Also Acting on a Mass (Your Body)

which is thousands of times greater than a few popcorn kernels.

[whistle]

34. Next place brain tissue in the radiated area and see what happens

[Lex]

36. Pwn3d!

:rofl:

[spanone]

56. yes but will it cook this...

[AlCzervik]

67. Tofurky is delicious!

[tnlurker]

59. About two years ago I saw a video from Russia

Where they put two older Nokia phones next to a raw egg. They called each other and set the phones up next to an egg and it took about an hour to cook all the way through like a hard boiled egg.

[TexasBushwhacker]

60. Just don't be one of those wheelerdealers that has them ...

attached to their head 24/7. Geez, whenever I visit Los Angeles they're EVERYWHERE!

[AntiFascist]

63. Chalk it up to natural selection....

:yoiks:

[tblue37]

72. People think I am a dinosaur because

I won't have a cell phone. Evidence suggests that cell phone use increases the incidence of brain tumors. My brain is my treasure. I won't do anything to risk it! Who cares if cell phones can pop popcorn? I am not convinced that they can't fry brains.

[Echo In Light]

79. Same. Never had one, never will. My wife does, but uses it sparingly

[MadHound]

74. Popcorn or no, I still don't understand why people buy a device that allows them to be tracked

More and more large cities are contracting out cell phone tracking, doing so under the rubric of "traffic control". Yet despite the assurances that each cell phone signal picked up is given an anonymous code for identity protection, do you honestly think that is the case.

Health issues aside, and there are many of those, the concept of not just voluntarily submitting to having your every move tracked, but actually paying money for that "privilege" is rather disturbing. Same thing goes with GPS trackers, Onstar(who's actually been exposed as listening in on unsuspecting people) and other such conveniences. As a society we're paying for the ties that bind us.

[uppityperson]

75. just for fun, here's snopes on cooking eggs with cell phone.

http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp

[papapi]

81. Survivalist tool?

[Frank Cannon]

90. Maybe to call for help

Since the videos are fraudulent.

[Snarkturian Clone]

91. Yay! Another 'Cell Phones are killing us all!!!!!!' thread!!

Gloom and Doom! Gloom and Doom!

Live in Fear of Everything!!!

Gloom and Doom!!




:crazy: :tinfoilhat: