by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @06:44PM (#50391407)
Easy way to win the Amazing Randi's million dollar challenge for supernatural powers. If you get sick when they turn the wi-fi on and feel better when they turn it off, you have the ability to detect 2.4GHz radiation with your body.
The radiation in a microwave oven is confined to the internal cavity, with extremely small amounts leaking through the shields in a properly functioning machine. Routers broadcast outward by design.
I'm a microwave engineer, actually. Not ovens, though; radar. I still can't cook worth a darn.
That's not a supernatural power. It's not even a power. Our eyes can detect visible light between a certain spectra. Should that be a supernatural power? Some species can see in infrared and ultraviolet. Should that be a supernatural power?
Easy way to win the Amazing Randi's million dollar challenge for supernatural powers. If you get sick when they turn the wi-fi on and feel better when they turn it off, you have the ability to detect 2.4GHz radiation with your body.
Its definitely possible to get sick from wifi. Want to know how???
Well, suppose the child's teeth braces are at the wavelength for perfect reception of 2.4Ghz. The child's braces act like an antenna, and there an be a voltage generated between two teeth by the metal bands. That voltage could cause some headaches.
And of course, my theory goes to pots if the child does not wear braces or metal frame glasses, also the frame capable of acting like an antenna.
A third possibilty is that the router is within 18
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What does Science have to say about this? (Score:5, Interesting)
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Easy way to win the Amazing Randi's million dollar challenge for supernatural powers. If you get sick when they turn the wi-fi on and feel better when they turn it off, you have the ability to detect 2.4GHz radiation with your body.
Re:What does Science have to say about this? (Score:5, Informative)
Are you not aware of the many orders of magnitude difference between WiFi and Microwave ovens.
Microwave Oven typically 600+ Watts or 600,000mW
Wifi Typically 5mW or 0.005 Watts
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Never seen it happen in reality.
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The radiation in a microwave oven is confined to the internal cavity, with extremely small amounts leaking through the shields in a properly functioning machine. Routers broadcast outward by design.
I'm a microwave engineer, actually. Not ovens, though; radar. I still can't cook worth a darn.
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I wonder how many of these Wifi hating fools use mobile phones or tablets or have smart TVs, consoles, laptops etc with WiFi built in.
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TFA specifically says it's the new-fangled 5 GHz spectrum that's the problem.
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Easy way to win the Amazing Randi's million dollar challenge for supernatural powers. If you get sick when they turn the wi-fi on and feel better when they turn it off, you have the ability to detect 2.4GHz radiation with your body.
Its definitely possible to get sick from wifi. Want to know how???
Well, suppose the child's teeth braces are at the wavelength for perfect reception of 2.4Ghz. The child's braces act like an antenna, and there an be a voltage generated between two teeth by the metal bands. That voltage could cause some headaches.
And of course, my theory goes to pots if the child does not wear braces or metal frame glasses, also the frame capable of acting like an antenna.
A third possibilty is that the router is within 18