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You could also heat humans, much more energy efficient than heating the whole apartment or house. Though it would heat any water or fat lying around.
by Gravityloss 10y ago
You could also heat humans, much more energy efficient than heating the whole apartment or house.
Though it would heat any water or fat lying around.
- mirimir 10y agoIt's an old idea: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15220615-500-not-cooking-but-warming-serious-researchers-are-turning-themselves-into-living-radiators-by-walking-into-giant-microwave-ovens-pete-moore-wonders-why/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15220615-500-not-cook... very far infrared == very short microwave
- Gravityloss 10y agoHmm, didn't think of it like that. Although most things are indeed quite reflective in the infrared. You should choose a frequency that humans would absorb, but walls and furniture etc would reflect. Or you would need to buy "certified microwave non-absorbing" wares only for such rooms.
- mirimir 10y agoThe idea was to use very high frequency microwaves, so that only skin surface was heated.
- jacquesm 10y agoI wonder what your DNA integrity check has to say about that after a couple of years of exposure.
- mirimir 10y agoThat's probably why it's never gone past "hey, why not..." since the 70s ;) On the other hand, the outer ~0.03 mm is dead. So ???
- hinkley 10y agoI thought the problem was that this also heats ocular fluid and furniture staples causing potential problems with things like macular degeneration or house fires, respectively.
- mirimir 10y agoIf the penetration depth is << 1 mm, I can't imagine that ocular heating would be an issue. And I'd expect that power levels would be too low to heat metal. But maybe so.
- sandworm101 10y agoBut any sparks from the metal coulf cause fires. Not much power needed for a spark.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoIt was also a joke on the first season finale of Silicon Valley.
- tekromancr 10y agoI remember seeing that and thinking it was actually a solid idea
- Jaepa 10y agohttps://youtu.be/sbX6K7ky9LQ https://youtu.be/sbX6K7ky9LQ
- taberiand 10y agoWasn't that a thing on Silicon Valley (the TV show)?