Oh wow. Are we sure we want these things near our brains?!?!
I did some checking to make sure this wasn’t an urban legend. Surprisingly, there are a lot of opinions about this! Suspicions arose because these videos appeared within a day or two (one in English, others in Germany, China, etc). Another suspicion was that only *certain* cell phones would pop the popcorn, so some people thought this was all a marketing scheme to get people to buy these particular cellphones. I don’t know why they think this– I would be more inclined to stay far, far away from phones that fry things!
There’s an interesting news story at Wired.com here.The author of the story says it’s all a fake because “it just can’t happen.” But there are a ton of comments by others who say it can. They get into all this technical stuff, about microwaves, radiation, and etc. How hard is it to figure out– I mean, just get some cell phones together and TRY IT.
I only have two cell phones in the house, and both are tracfones. :( Otherwise, I’d try it for sure! If you test this out, please oh PLEASE come back and tell me your results! I’d LOVE to know!
At any rate, it’s a hilarious video!
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Friday, 13. June 2008
This looks like a job for Mythbusters!!! I love that show.
Friday, 13. June 2008
That video freaked me out the first time I saw it, too!
It’s supposed to have been a publicity stunt (http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/bluetooth-compa.html). While it certainly got lots of attention, I don’t appreciate the fear-mongering as much, since I use my cell phone a lot.
Saturday, 14. June 2008
From what I’ve heard, the video is fake, and was produced by a company that sells bluetooth headsets.
Sunday, 15. June 2008
I always go to snopes if I want to check on the validity of something I think might be an urban myth.