Remote Locking

[Frozzy]

I saw an interesting demonstration by a friend today. He was 40 yards from his car, in range for his remote locking to work. He went to 50 yards, out of range. Then he put it to his head, and it was suddenly in range.

Any ideas on the floor?

[Zkribbler]

Does he have a metal plate in his skull? It could have acted as an antenna.

[Proteus_MST]

Maybe it has something to to with the height where he held the RC.
Maybe in his first trial at 50 yards he held it just in the midst of his body (maybe at 1m height) and the signals for example got somehow blocked enroute to the lock whereas at the second trial he held it higher (1.8m or whatever the height of your friend is) and the signal was able to circumvent the obstacle blocking it.
If he really held the RC at different heights for the experiment, I would insist at a third trial, where he holds the RC at the same height as his head, but with the arms outstretched (so that the RC is at a different distance from his head [maybe 0.5 m])

[Frozzy]

We did it over a plain field, no obstacles.

I also insisted on trying it, and I don't think I have a metal plate in my skull

Very curious.

[Urban Ranger]

Did he point the remote at his head?

[Lancer]

The brain will act as an amplifier in these cases. Tell you friend to stick it up his ass, then try.

[Frozzy]

Landser: Why?

[Lancer]

Dunno.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Kalius
Landser: Why?

IIRC the beam is actually transmitted forwards and backwards. The backwards one is reflected forwards by your skull, effectively doubling the strength of the signal.

[Lancer]

Sounds reasonable. I couldn't think of a good reason why he should stick it though.

[mrmitchell]

When the beam entered your friend's empty skull, it echoed inside it until it was amplified enough to burst out and remote lock all cars within a hundred miles.

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
When the beam entered your friend's empty skull, it echoed inside it until it was amplified enough to burst out and remote lock all cars within a hundred miles.

Again, mrmitchell is correct!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
IIRC the beam is actually transmitted forwards and backwards. The backwards one is reflected forwards by your skull, effectively doubling the strength of the signal.

This can be easily verified by an experiment.

Just point the remote backwards at the car next time to see if that does anything.