LeetPirate Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 It ain't poltergeists: Cell phone activates oven.Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:25AM EDTOriginal Article. (Sorry I could not help myself when I pasted it here, I converted most of the "bad spelling" to the Queen's English).Ever have that sinking feeling that you left a major appliance running when you left the house? Well you might not be paranoid: It may actually be on... though not of your own doing.Andrei Melnikov found that out the hard way: Something activated his oven, causing it to turn itself on and melt a plastic meat thermometer which had been left inside.How did this happen? Melnikov and his Brooklyn apartment building's sceptical super eventually figured it out through trial and error: The tenant's ringing cell phone somehow turned on his nearby Maytag oven when it rang. If you're sceptical, check out the video of this in action at the New York Times website and see for yourself.Calling the situation "highly unusual," Maytag (and other experts) blame the problem on electromagnetic interference -- basically the same thing that happens when your cell phone gets too close to your speakers and it starts making that beep-beep-beeping noise. In this case, the interference didn't make a sound but rather caused the oven to turn on.And this may not be an isolated incident: The Times suggests that preliminary experiments have confirmed that different brands of cell phones can activate multiple models of Maytag ovens. And, as the story notes, the oven "prefers high" and activates the broiler when it turns on -- which means anything inside the thing is going to get totally fried. On the other hand, tests with a General Electric oven failed to generate the same response.Takeaways? It's hard to be a Luddite these days, but mysterious situations like this are likely to become more and more common as advanced electronics find their way into an increasing number of products. There's no special reason why an oven or a toaster needs to have a computer brain so advanced, but microprocessors have become so cheap it's probably easier to include one in an oven than it is to include an old-fashioned, analogue temperature control system... and it's probably more accurate, too.The bottom line: Always keep an eye out for oddball effects like this. If you see something strange happening with the electronics in your kitchen -- or any other room in the house -- consider how close your cell phone is when the antics occur, and try a little home-grown experimentation for yourself. Hey, maybe you'll make the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 WTFckin' heck?! this is serious? then what's gonna happen when they'll start using wireless electricity.. :fear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 5, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 5, 2009 Here in my country. Once in Diwali, a light festival in which people also fire crackers, once a man was standin inside a firecracker shop when many of the crackers exploded near him causin the whole shop burned into ashes when the person's mobile rang, it was later confirmed by firefighters that the mobile's so called network vibrations or similar was cause of crackers explodin. Now what's more weird than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Here in my country. Once in Diwali, a light festival in which people also fire crackers, once a man was standin inside a firecracker shop when many of the crackers exploded near him causin the whole shop burned into ashes when the person's mobile rang, it was later confirmed by firefighters that the mobile's so called network vibrations or similar was cause of crackers explodin. Now what's more weird than that.thats the reason they tell us to shut the phones,if in a CNG Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 9, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 9, 2009 Yup. Mobile can cause huge problems. I have also heard on the news channel that some scientist did some research, that keepin it in our pockets for a long period of time, we can lose our maleness, you know what i mean, it is so harmful, yet we cannot live without it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 haha..i hope the news is false. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 9, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 9, 2009 No it isn't. It was confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Next thing you see on the news, Universal Remote: Controls Everything? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 Next thing you see on the news, Universal Remote: Controls Everything? :lol:You will get a kick out of this... :P<object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/25338054001?isVid=1&publisherID=1137977488" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=18709368001&playerID=25338054001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/25338054001?isVid=1&publisherID=1137977488" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=18709368001&playerID=25338054001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 13, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 13, 2009 Can I use universal remote to post on forum? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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