It is an interesting video, but it could easily have been staged. The view under the table was blocked and we are presented with only a narrow view of events seen through the camera's lens. It would be easy enough to run and document a scientific experiment. I doubt you will find any such experiment on the web or anywhere else. The whole concept seems a bit outlandish. Put a few kernels of corn in a microwave oven and you will find that it takes much longer. Am I to believe that a 1000 watt oven designed to contain the energy within a fixed space has more trouble popping corn than a few low power cell phones can do in open space? Am I to believe that a cell phone can pop corn within seconds yet causes no noticeable heating to my hand when I hold it when it rings? The amount of energy required to raise the water in one kernel of corn to boiling is very low. It takes only 418 mW to raise one milligram of water 100 degrees Celsius. However, the actual energy reaching a kernel of corn from the cell phone is going to be far less than that. The phone's energy is not concentrated in one direction. It is interesting to me that the cell phones' antenna tips are pointed at the corn even though that is not the direction that the most energy would be radiated. This appears to be a well staged hoax but nothing more. Ted Eckert The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
--- On Mon, 8/18/08, John Shinn <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Shinn <[email protected]> Subject: RE: RF What-if (was: RE: Another Cancer Scare?) To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 8:32 PM Sorry -- Something got lost in the translation. Try again. It was not supposed to be a map. Apparently the "p" got lost. http://tinyurl.com/69na9p John -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Shinn Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: RF What-if (was: RE: Another Cancer Scare?) Take a look at this. http://tinyurl.com/69na9 Regards, John Shinn, P.E. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
