Has anyone tried this?

[Cort Haus]

[Riesstiu IV]

"No man it's not gonna work!... It's gonna work!..." x 10

[Aeson]

I don't have a cell phone, or popcorn. So I haven't tried it.

[LordShiva]

Nowai!

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Aeson
I don't have a cell phone, or popcorn. So I haven't tried it.

I bet you want to add some soda to that orange juice, though.

[Space05us]

I'm more curious as to why they are all dressed alike, but not formal.

[b etor]

yes

[-Jrabbit]

crazy, wacky stuff!

[Krill]

That is weird...

[Nostromo]

Explanation?

[Space05us]

Originally posted by Nostromo
Explanation?

Spoiler:

It's a hoax

[CrONoS]

[CrONoS]

[CrONoS]

I don't see why there is 3 differents videos of this, maybe it's publicity?

I know I am a big nerd for this, but I hate to see wide spread ignorance in an area of my specialty. I'm talking about the video that got featured that showed 4 cell phones popping 4 kernels of popcorn due to the radiation given off from the cell phone. I want to let everyone know this is completely fake. A 1 kilowatt microwave takes around one minute to pop it's first kernel in a closed environment. A cell phone transmitter operates from 0.1 to 1 watt, but this video shows these kernels popping almost immediately. I'm an electrical engineer and a guy I work with whom has a better understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum was kind enough to do the theoretical math on this. He joined GT just to do a comment on this vid, and here's what he said:

"Plausible? Let us do a little math.

Popcorn pops because the water in it turns to steam and a kernel is about 14% water. So, if we assume a kernel of popcorn weighs 1 gram, it has 0.13 grams of water. Heat that water from 30�C to 100�C would take:

(0.14g)*(100�C-3 to turn the water to steam requires he latent heat of vaporization, which is 2259J/g.

2259J*0.14g= 316J
for a total of 316J 41J = 357J.

Wattage = Joules/seconds. If it took about 5 seconds to turn the water in the popcorn kernel to steam, then the wattage required was:

357J/5sec = 71W assuming all power from the cell phone transmitter went into the kernel.

Cell phones typically have 0.75W-1W transmitters in them. With a 1W transmitter, it would take,

334J/1W = 334secs, if all power is transfered to the kernel.

You decide."

You can't argue with mathematical law.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=423337

[CrONoS]

On a side note; the orange juice in the first video look so good!