Posted by Erin Zimmer, June 19, 2008 at 2:30 PM
You can finally get some sleep tonight. Someone figured out how those popcorn kernels were mysteriously popping without a nearby microwave. Oh wait, there was a microwave involved! The magnetron, or the power-generator inside the machine, was hiding underneath the table.
According to the video's step-by-step instructions, the process seems fairly simple: just dismember the microwave, connect a few extension cords and hook up that magnetron. BUT WE DO NOT ENDORSE TRYING THIS AT HOME. Watch the video after the jump.
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Posted by Raphael, June 12, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Those videos of cellphones popping popcorn? Turns out it was a viral marketing scheme for bluetooth headsets made by the company Cardo Systems. Their website (pictured below) runs the slogan "Making popcorn with a cellphone only happens in the movies," and a disclaimer that reads "The contents of these videos are fictitious and humorous optical illusions..." Indeed.
The Cardo website.
Previously:
Videos of cellphones popping popcorn
Popcorn videos debunked
Good Morning America tries to pop popcorn with cellphones, and failed.
Posted by Raphael, June 10, 2008 at 6:15 PM
This morning, Good Morning America put their Mythbusters hats on and tried to pop popcorn with their cellphones. The hoax has hit mainstream television. Not bad. Video after the jump.
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Posted by Hannah Howard, June 10, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Have you seen the cellphones popping popcorn kernel videos? They've been viewed more than a million times since they were uploaded last week.
If not, here's a summary of the captivating 45 seconds: three friends encircle several popcorn kernels with their cells, the phones receive calls and the kernels do their popcorn thing, popping away.
Lest you get overly excited, Wired bursts your bubble and debunks it. University of Virginia physics professor and How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary author Louis Bloomfield told Wired that the trick is a physical impossibility.
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Posted by Raphael, June 8, 2008 at 2:30 PM
No microwaves or ovens nearby? Videos coming out of France, Japan, and the USA show a feature most cell phone manufacturers are not likely to promote: when they ring, cell phones pop popcorn kernels. And we put these things next to our heads? Is this a hoax?
Update: The videos have been debunked!
Update #2: Good Morning America tried to pop popcorn with cellphones, and failed.
Videos after the jump.
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