[little laker]

I just had these 2 youtube links e-mailed to me, of people popping popcorn between 4 cell phones, and I was wondering if it's possible.
Video 1

Video 2

If someone has access to 4 cells, plus a way to dial them all at once could they please try it. It'd be interesting to see if it works with todays technology

[lithos]

I'm willing to bet this is fake.

[Tom S.]

I'm willing to bet this is fake.

I'm not sure. If you Google it, you will see a lot on it and I didn't see anything saying it was fake.


At any rate, it gives me a good reason for getting rid of the damn thing!

[roentarre]

Maybe there was heat underneath the table? Or throw the popcorn that was about to burst on the table?

[F-Stop]

Better question, does anyone have moles develop where you normally keep your cell phone either a chest pocket, hip, etc.?

[reeftool]

There have been stories floating around for years about cellphones causing brain tumors and I recently saw a clip in the TV news about traffic cops having abnormally high rates of testicular cancer. Of course all the manufacturers claim everything is safe. I wonder if the Mythbusters have picked up on this one yet.

[MrApollinax]

Keep in mind that people have been subjected to RF ever since we started using Radios and electricity. Also keep in mind that there are MORE safety regulations concerning RF now than there were then. Right now if you live near a metropolitan area you are getting bombarded by both HD and STV broadcast signals as well as AM and FM signals not to mention Cordless Telephones, TVs etc...

[LaRee]

There sure are a lot of examples out there floating around the web of this same experiment. I'd say it works, but without trying it I don't know for certain I guess.
Here is another link to another video of this:
YouTube - Explode your pop corn !

And an article from the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/health/03well.html?_r=2&em&ex=1212811200&e...in&oref=slogin

I bought a simple ear piece for my oldest son when he got his cell phone just because I was paranoid about him talking for hours and hours on it with his girlfriend. That was about 6 years ago now. Maybe I wasn't so paranoid after all?

[Lowell Goudge]

lets get back to physics for a minute.

Popcorn does this because of the water inside. Water is a dipole molecule and when exposed to a high frequency field it swings back and forth, generating heat. That is how a microwave works also.

If you look at the time taken, about 6 seconds, I would doubt that any microwave could put that much energy, inside it's sealed (for microwave) box.

for phones to do this, which radiate in all directions would have such a high field strength that it would be banned by virtually every country in the world.

I bet it is a fake,, don't know how, but...

[little laker]

The friend that e-mailed the original link has since done a snopes search, and it looks like it's a fake.

However I'd love to see MythBusters do something on it, using OLD cell phones.
The old analog phones were a lot more powerful, so that may make a difference.

[Lowell Goudge]

The friend that e-mailed the original link has since done a snopes search, and it looks like it's a fake.

However I'd love to see MythBusters do something on it, using OLD cell phones.
The old analog phones were a lot more powerful, so that may make a difference.

If you turn this one over to mythbusters, I would suggest replacing the popcorn with a stick of dynamite, that's more their style

[MrApollinax]

If you turn this one over to mythbusters, I would suggest replacing the popcorn with a stick of dynamite, that's more their style

Why do I hear the Mythbuster anouncer in my head saying "...and for Adam and Jaimie the only thing better than one stick of dynamite.... is MORE sticks of dynamite!" followed by a clip of a dump truck exploding on top of a building being demolished a la Top Gear....

[Lowell Goudge]

Why do I hear the Mythbuster anouncer in my head saying "...and for Adam and Jaimie the only thing better than one stick of dynamite.... is TWO sticks of dynamite!"

AHH Mythbusters.

The confirmation of good old american engineering, If a little is good a whole lot is better

[Tom S.]

Here's Snopes: snopes.com: Cooking an Egg Between Two Cell Phones

[little laker]

If you turn this one over to mythbusters, I would suggest replacing the popcorn with a stick of dynamite, that's more their style

That makes complete sense to me.
I've seen countless people in movies use cell phones to trigger explosions. So I wonder if it would really work