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"millimeter waves have short ranges of propagation, they are absorbed by water vapor and oxygen in the atmosphere, by vegetation, very strongly by water in the
by perl4ever 5y ago
"millimeter waves have short ranges of propagation, they are absorbed by water vapor and oxygen in the atmosphere, by vegetation, very strongly by water in the tissues of people and animals, and they are readily reflected off, and scattered by, small metallic and dielectric objects, urban clutter and large manmade and natural structures"
I'm no physicist...but this makes me think of my microwave oven and how super-uneven the heating is.
Is it possible that all the reflecting and scattering can create problematic spots where things accidentally focus?
Incidentally, I've found a way to improve my oven - I add a container of a small amount of water separate from what I'm heating. It quite definitely keeps, for instance, butter from exploding like it normally would.
- aetherspawn 5y agoI always thought this was normal, but I bought a new cheap modern microwave from LG and the heating is virtually perfectly even these days.
- inter_netuser 5y ago5G towers are phase arrays that literally focus on your phone. No need to worry about anything accidental.
- AnthonyMouse 5y agoSo what happens when your self is between your phone and the tower?
- perl4ever 5y agoI remember reading that phones are adaptive, so they ramp up the power if they have trouble connecting to a tower.
- perl4ever 5y agoMy current phone, a Pixel 3, died after about a year, just barely under warranty. I thought later, I wonder if putting it on the top of my microwave while it's in use did anything to it. So I stopped doing that.
- nielsbot 5y agoMicrowaves in a microwave oven form standing wave patterns that heat unevenly, hence the rotating table. Not sure if newer microwave ovens have improved this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_55jXNOVXAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_55jXNOVXAc