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Serious question: Could a user of such a device, wear some sort of protective hat for situations like this? Since you can't really fully predict where interfere

Serious question: Could a user of such a device, wear some sort of protective hat for situations like this? Since you can't really fully predict where interference can occur, and otherwise avoiding it could cause you not to be able to have anything resembling a normal life.

TomMarius 9y ago
Of course, a tin foil one, ideally.
msla 9y ago
Wearing a hat indoors? Where were you raised? Show some respect! Seriously, wearing a hat indoors is a strong cultural taboo in some regions.
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astrodust 9y ago
Who doesn't wear a Faraday cage over their head in public?
mrleinad 9y ago
Throw in a purple cape an you'll be very popular at Comic-Con cosplaying Magneto.
csours 9y ago
I'm probably on a list now: https://www.amazon.com/Shielded-Protection-against-Radio-Frequency-Radiation/dp/B005I4D5GO https://www.amazon.com/Shielded-Protection-against-Radio-Fre...
- samueloph 9y ago
  that looks like a nice way to concentrate all the rf radiation right in the center of your brain, doesn't this ricochet all the rf that enters from below the hat?
valine 9y ago
You probably wouldn't need a hat. Neurostimulators made by Medtronic, the part that outputs the therapy and listens for input, are actually implanted in the chest or stomach area. The actual brain implant is just a thin wire that connects to the stimulator.
jerf 9y ago
It may be possible, but it's more complicated that you might think. It seems the original source is gone, but when some MIT students actually measured the effectiveness of tin foil hats, they could end up amplifying some frequencies: http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/tinfoil-hats-actually-amplify.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/tinfoil-hats-actually-ampli... It's hard to know without testing, but blocking this could require quite a lot of headgear. Way easier to build something that can take it better.

TomMarius 9y ago

Of course, a tin foil one, ideally.

msla 9y ago

Wearing a hat indoors? Where were you raised? Show some respect! Seriously, wearing a hat indoors is a strong cultural taboo in some regions.

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astrodust 9y ago

Who doesn't wear a Faraday cage over their head in public?

mrleinad 9y ago

Throw in a purple cape an you'll be very popular at Comic-Con cosplaying Magneto.

csours 9y ago

I'm probably on a list now: https://www.amazon.com/Shielded-Protection-against-Radio-Frequency-Radiation/dp/B005I4D5GO https://www.amazon.com/Shielded-Protection-against-Radio-Fre...

samueloph 9y ago
that looks like a nice way to concentrate all the rf radiation right in the center of your brain, doesn't this ricochet all the rf that enters from below the hat?

valine 9y ago

You probably wouldn't need a hat. Neurostimulators made by Medtronic, the part that outputs the therapy and listens for input, are actually implanted in the chest or stomach area. The actual brain implant is just a thin wire that connects to the stimulator.

jerf 9y ago

It may be possible, but it's more complicated that you might think. It seems the original source is gone, but when some MIT students actually measured the effectiveness of tin foil hats, they could end up amplifying some frequencies: http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/tinfoil-hats-actually-amplify.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/tinfoil-hats-actually-ampli... It's hard to know without testing, but blocking this could require quite a lot of headgear. Way easier to build something that can take it better.