Hum Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Two Russian journalists managed to cook several eggs with the radiation and heat emitting from their cell phones. The results of this "unscientific" experiment were republished by Crorepixels with the authors stressing people be aware of phone radiation and potential health issues. Vladimir Lagovski and Andrei Moiseynko from Komsomolskaya Pravda Newspaper in Moscow decided to learn first-hand how harmful cell phones are. There is no magic in cooking with your cell phone. The secret is in the radio waves that the cell phone radiates. The journalists created a simple microwave structure as shown in the picture. They called from one cell phone to the other and left both phones on talking mode. They placed a tape recorder next to phones to imitate sounds of speaking so the phones would stay on. After, 15 minutes: The egg became slightly warm. 25 minutes: The egg became very warm. 40 minutes: The egg became very hot. 65 minutes: The egg was cooked. (As you can see.) Conclusion ..1: Cooking eggs with mobile phones is possible but very expensive ($4.55 or 123 Rubles) Conclusion ..2: All this talk of danger is exaggerated; even if your brain gets cooked, it would take a couple hours of talking on a cell phone. Conclusion ..3: We dont recommend carrying cell phone in your pants. :huh: source Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 This is groundbreaking! Now I can throw out my easy bake oven! :D Note: I do not have, nor have I ever used an easy bake oven Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 New cell phone slogan "This is your Brain, This is your cooked brain after using a cell phone" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kak Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Wasn't this done a long time ago with older phones as well? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdfoi83wyrl Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 This is groundbreaking! Now I can throw out my easy bake oven! :D Note: I do not have, nor have I ever used an easy bake oven lol :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixFootJockey Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 You guys do realise that this 'theory' was proven false a long time ago right? I can't remember where I read the article. I'll try and find it again. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted July 13, 2006 Author Share Posted July 13, 2006 You guys do realise that this 'theory' was proven false a long time ago right?So how did the eggs get cooked ? :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixFootJockey Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 So how did the eggs get cooked ? :laugh: The old fashioned way, by boiling the egg in water. You have all been fooled by their prank. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted July 13, 2006 Author Share Posted July 13, 2006 The old fashioned way, by boiling the egg in water. You have all been fooled by their prank. So I assume that you volunteer to sit between two active cell phones for 65 minutes. :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdodson Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 While I don't believe that an egg was cooked using cellphone radiation, the phones do emit some. Over time, the effects may lead to cancer, just as with overexposure to any other harmful level of radiation. You can even check how much your cellphone emits on Cnet. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixFootJockey Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 So I assume that you volunteer to sit between two active cell phones for 65 minutes. :yes: See that's where the theory starts to fall apart. Mobile phones are omnidirectional. When two phones "talk" to each other, the signal does not travel directly between them. The signal is sent to the nearest mobile phone tower, then to the receiving mobile phone. An object placed between two active mobile phones will not receive greater microwave radiation than if it was placed elsewhere. Secondly, it is near impossible to heat up a 50g object with only bursts of microwave radiation at 2W. You might have a better chance if the microwave radiation was constant, but mobile phones transmit in bursts. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
strekship Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 They disproved this on mythbusters a while ago. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael1406 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 This is groundbreaking! Now I can throw out my easy bake oven! :D Note: I do not have, nor have I ever used an easy bake oven Brilliant. :rofl: Nice to see the myth was busted. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quactaur Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 http://www.gelfmagazine.com/mt/archives/ho..._sensation.html Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 nah this aint true Mythbuster and also Brainiac (UK) both did that and they proved it to be fake.... Brainiac even did it with 100 mobile phones and still nothing Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587696980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
viciv Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 i'm glad that it's fake :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587697523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCabby Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 But it is fun to pop a egg in the microwave and turn it on.. BOOM! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587697547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted July 13, 2006 Veteran Share Posted July 13, 2006 Put an egg in its shell in a microwave and cook it... see what happens... it BLOWS UP! this is a myth that cell phones could do this, because they dont emit enough energy to start with... and if they did the egg would of cracked at least or blown up if it got hot enough because the microwave would cause the inside to boil, not cook (like you get by a hard boiled egg, which doesnt boil the inside of the egg!)... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587697557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andresjk Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 (edited) Thats imposible to happen. Its fake Edited July 14, 2006 by andresjk Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587699321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Utter bullcrap :rofl: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587701356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuu Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 teens all across america would be dead or something. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/478370-cell-phones-cooks-egg/#findComment-587702312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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