Man, I just love the folks at MIT! It turns out that wearing aluminum foil around your cranium will actually amplify the radio signals in certain government-owned frequencies, as well as the frequencies allotted to cell phone companies:
quote:Conclusion:
The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for ''radio location'' (ie, GPS), and other communications with satellites (see, for example, [3]). The 2.6 Ghz band coincides with mobile phone technology. Though not affiliated by government, these bands are at the hands of multinational corporations.
It requires no stretch of the imagination to conclude that the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC. We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings.
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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
What if you wear them just cause they look cool?
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
A tin-gallon hat would be awfully cool... Great link.