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There's an urban legend in the UK about a radio station having a dead spot in their signal. They send the boffins out to figure out what's going on, and they ev
by flir 4y ago
There's an urban legend in the UK about a radio station having a dead spot in their signal. They send the boffins out to figure out what's going on, and they eventually track down someone who has filled his attic with coils of baling wire and is running his house lights off the radio station.
(Yes, I know all the practical objections. It's an urban legend. I've seen variations involving BBC radio, TV broadcasts, submarine communications, overhead power lines, the VLF transmitter at Rugby, and a farmer using the energy to milk his cows).
- flir 4y agoOh - and a story that actually happened, in a similar vein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)
- mrguyorama 4y agoThe cool thing about The Thing is that it's not really an energy harvesting device, and has no active components. It is a purely passive modulator of a signal being transferred over the air!