Is this real?

[SSUSeaWolf]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5odhh_pop-corn-téléphone-portable-micro-o_news

 

[Matthiasa]

No.. oh and old.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Painfully staged.

 

[Jeeebus]

if you mean, is it really a video that someone posted online, then yes.

If otherwise, then no.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

if the bad acting doesn't give it away, the impossible physics should

 

[Krazy4Real]

NO! Don't believe everything you see.

 

[Sea Moose]

Doesnt this prove the existence of jesis?

 

[SKORPI0]

making pop corn with cell phones

 

[Rubycon]

LOL you need more power to do that like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHoubxvPPuU

 

[hiromizu]

I'd say that's very possible because radiowaves can cause heat because everytime I use my cellphone the side of my face gets warm but I guess due to exponential phase stuff with 4 phones you can create a lot more heat, enough to pop a corn. Insane.

 

[Jeff7]

There was a thread on this awhile ago.
No, you can't do this with cellphones.
1) They don't put out enough power.
2) The cellphone's power seen by an object decreases relative to distance squared.
3) Other reasons, but I don't remember the specifics right now.



Found the thread (from 2008).
It was impossible then, and guess what, it's still impossible.

Direct link to Snopes. This one deals with cooking an egg, but the idea is still the same - there's not nearly enough power coming from a cellphone to do much of anything.

Your best bet would be to wrap the popcorn kernel in thin wire, and short it out across the cellphone's battery - and hope that the battery doesn't pop (explosively so) first.

 

[Rubycon]

there's not nearly enough power coming from a cellphone to do much of anything.

Your best bet would be to wrap the popcorn kernel in thin wire, and short it out across the cellphone's battery - and hope that the battery doesn't pop (explosively so) first.

Just follow these simple directions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21IySOMmFU4&

 

[Jeff7]

Just follow these simple directions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21IySOMmFU4&

That's exactly the "pop" I had in mind.

 

[RoloMather]

Microwave = 1000W

Phone = 250mW

See the difference?

 

[Rubycon]

Microwave = 1000W

Phone = 250mW

See the difference?

I can make stuff pop with 250mW - 532nm.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Microwave = 1000W

Phone = 250mW

See the difference?

And there is more to heating water than simply throwing electromagnetic radiation at it.

I remember reading somewhere (some textbook maybe?) that microwave ovens heat water by emitting microwave radation with a frequency that matches the natural frequency of water molecules, causing them to resenonate. But then I heard that this is wrong.

The less friendly explanation, but correct one, appears to be that an oscillating E field (microwaves in this case) causes water molecules (with an electric dipole moment) to oscillate as they try to align themselves with the field.

 

[Fritzo]

I'd say that's very possible because radiowaves can cause heat because everytime I use my cellphone the side of my face gets warm but I guess due to exponential phase stuff with 4 phones you can create a lot more heat, enough to pop a corn. Insane.

That's due to the battery heating up your face nitwit

 

[Jeff7]

That's due to the battery heating up your face nitwit

Actually, it's probably the electronics, and not the battery.

I can make stuff pop with 250mW - 532nm.

Put the laser down.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

That's due to the battery heating up your face nitwit

'exponential phase stuff'.... lol

just make sure you wipe your face down with solution before using the phone and everything should stay nice and cold

 

[Jeff7]

'exponential phase stuff'.... lol

just make sure you wipe your face down with solution before using the phone and everything should stay nice and cold

And don't forget to reverse the polarity of the phone's hyperbolic tachyon field emitters.

 

[Rubycon]

Actually, it's probably the electronics, and not the battery.



Put the laser down.

Never! I have a custom lipstick case that has a 200mW bluray emitter in it. Comes in handy for flashing fluorescent objects at long range.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Look out for the exponential phase stuff!!

 

[Jeff7]

You know, I think I could probably sell a Face Warmer Pad, with Exponential Phase Thermal Technology® for the low-low price of only two easy installments of $19.95.



I could...if Billy Mays was still alive.

Never! I have a custom lipstick case that has a 200mW bluray emitter in it. Comes in handy for flashing fluorescent objects at long range.

Well sure, I mean, who doesn't need to do that all the time?

 

[Rubycon]

Well sure, I mean, who doesn't need to do that all the time?

There's a plethora of things one can use it for too.

 

[Jeff7]

There's a plethora of things one can use it for too.

If I'm ever in the area, just warn me before you go firing lasers anywhere. I value my retinas, among other things.


There, that's a bit better.