> cpaul[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > On Thursday, November 1, 2001, at 07:12 PM, cpaul wrote: > > > > > aluminum foil? > > > > http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/tech/heatison.jsp > > > > > > Microwave beam weapon to disperse crowds > > > > i've been following the development of this skin heating > device for a while, and am keen to learn if there may be > an effective means to counter its use. > > the new scientist article suggests that the cornea is not > as resilient as skin when it comes to being bombarded with > microwaves, hence i seek opinions on how one might protect > oneself. > > if asking such is inane then i guess i should ask to have > my final request. > Leather or wet clothes may shield most of the body. A wild guess to protect the eyes would be something that puts a transparent conductive material over them - mirror sunglasses, the mylar glasses used for eclipse observations (though you could not see anything else through them :-(), or the conductive, mostly transparent plastic material which is used to package static sensitive electronic components. Another possibility is to make goggles out of metal flyscreen - since the wavelength is 3mm, it's doubtful that they can penetrate. Chain mail would also work for the body.
Peter
