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>I only use wired technology at home. Do you shield all the wires in your house? Any powerline ethernet adaptors will be spamming radio noise everywhere. They

>I only use wired technology at home. Do you shield all the wires in your house? Any powerline ethernet adaptors will be spamming radio noise everywhere. They are a real headache for ham radio enthusiasts. Also, don't unroll sellotape. Is a wideband source that emits from microwave RF, right through the visible spectrum, all the way up to x-rays.

loceng 8y ago
I think there's an element of accumulative and quantity/volume effect with EMF sensitivity, so perhaps not having heavily shielded wires is necessary; the arrangement of the wires could also have an impact as to whether they create a closed faraday cage or not.
- starbeast 8y ago
  I think there is a lot of psychological stuff at play if you only feel it off things you associate with electricity, but don't get it from unrolling sellotape.
  - loceng 8y ago
    Hm, I'm not sure about sellotape for myself - however there certainly are a wide range of EMFs and electrical (static or otherwise) to test for.
    - starbeast 8y ago
      Breaking up various rocks is a good one. You can get all sorts of RF emissions doing that.
  - sifoobar 8y ago
    But then, you have no idea who I am or what level of introspection I'm capable of. Assuming thousands of people are just imagining it because the people who sell the crap and their hangarounds told you so doesn't make you look very smart.
    - starbeast 8y ago
      I really don't think it was the manufacturers of radio equipment that have been informing me about the radio emissions of sellotape. It was an aside in an article about research into making x-ray images with sellotape as the source, so if radio manufacturers and their 'hangarounds' (whatever they might be) did smuggle that in, they are getting very subtle with their propaganda.
exikyut 8y ago
> Also, don't unroll sellotape. Is a wideband source that emits from microwave RF, right through the visible spectrum, all the way up to x-rays. Wow, how does this work? I mean in terms of the mechanism(s) that cause it. You mention it goes right through the visible spectrum. Does this mean I could create circumstances that would allow me to see the effect in the dark?
- starbeast 8y ago
  >Wow, how does this work? I mean in terms of the mechanism(s) that cause it. Is called triboluminescence and is caused by the breaking of chemical bonds through mechanical action. >Does this mean I could create circumstances that would allow me to see the effect in the dark? Yes. Just unroll sellotape in the dark and look at the line where it is peeling. You will see flashes of light along the line where it is separating apart. Also, while you do get the effect with normal sellotape, I have found that decent duct tape works particularly well if you want to see the effect a bit brighter.

loceng 8y ago

I think there's an element of accumulative and quantity/volume effect with EMF sensitivity, so perhaps not having heavily shielded wires is necessary; the arrangement of the wires could also have an impact as to whether they create a closed faraday cage or not.

starbeast 8y ago
I think there is a lot of psychological stuff at play if you only feel it off things you associate with electricity, but don't get it from unrolling sellotape.
- loceng 8y ago
  Hm, I'm not sure about sellotape for myself - however there certainly are a wide range of EMFs and electrical (static or otherwise) to test for.
  - starbeast 8y ago
    Breaking up various rocks is a good one. You can get all sorts of RF emissions doing that.
- sifoobar 8y ago
  But then, you have no idea who I am or what level of introspection I'm capable of. Assuming thousands of people are just imagining it because the people who sell the crap and their hangarounds told you so doesn't make you look very smart.
  - starbeast 8y ago
    I really don't think it was the manufacturers of radio equipment that have been informing me about the radio emissions of sellotape. It was an aside in an article about research into making x-ray images with sellotape as the source, so if radio manufacturers and their 'hangarounds' (whatever they might be) did smuggle that in, they are getting very subtle with their propaganda.

exikyut 8y ago

> Also, don't unroll sellotape. Is a wideband source that emits from microwave RF, right through the visible spectrum, all the way up to x-rays. Wow, how does this work? I mean in terms of the mechanism(s) that cause it. You mention it goes right through the visible spectrum. Does this mean I could create circumstances that would allow me to see the effect in the dark?

starbeast 8y ago
>Wow, how does this work? I mean in terms of the mechanism(s) that cause it. Is called triboluminescence and is caused by the breaking of chemical bonds through mechanical action. >Does this mean I could create circumstances that would allow me to see the effect in the dark? Yes. Just unroll sellotape in the dark and look at the line where it is peeling. You will see flashes of light along the line where it is separating apart. Also, while you do get the effect with normal sellotape, I have found that decent duct tape works particularly well if you want to see the effect a bit brighter.