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Can voice signals be radio-transmitted to a human head acting as a radio receiver?
US Patent 6470214 was recently mentioned on a Jesse Ventura's television program, "Conspiracy Theory", in relation to government mind control experiments and weapons.
Now normally, the whole point of ...
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Is it illegal to air a prank call in the United States because of FCC regulation?
There is a show in Houston radio show on KRBE called Roula & Ryan's Roses -- you can subscribe here. It's rather amusing and trashy. I've heard it a few times before. "Retired Engineer" on ...
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Is Vatican Radio causing childhood leukaemia?
It an ugly, long standing story in Italy: Vatican radio has huge antennas, not subject to Italian law, and the people living in the surroundings lament severe ailments such as leukaemia.
The Santa ...
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The mystery of “Numbers Stations”
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From NoiseAddicts:
"Static. Faint voices. Seven slow, monotonous tones. A pause.
Suddenly, you hear music–one of those wind-up songs played by a
child’s toy. The melody repeats three ...
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Why 'every' electrical devices in an airplane are prohibited during landing and departing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are personal electronics a risk to commercial aviation?
Not only the electrical devices using EM wave (ex: Cellphone, RC car, ...), but other electrical devices (ex: ...
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Is it possible to pick up radio signals from dental fillings?
I recently heard this claim referred to on House M.D. when the titular character is experiencing phantom sounds, and the show appeared to give the idea some credibility. So I decided to look it up, ...
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Does home-WiFi expose you to less radiation than using the 3G on your cell-phone?
Are there any studies that compare WiFi and cellular data usage, in the home, over time?
Mainly I've heard that WiFi uses more battery (so it should emit more radiation) but OTOH it feels like ...
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Did the 1938 radio broadcast of 'The War of the Worlds' lead to mass hysteria?
I've heard it so many times that I considered it a fact.
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In 1938 Orson Welles' radio adaption of H.G.Wells' The War of the World incited a nationwide panic:
All across the ...
