On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study  (Humor) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / rf-microwave

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2017, 04:14:40 pm
content: http://web.archive.org/web/20100708230258/http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/"Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find that although on average all helmets attenuate invasive radio frequencies in either directions (either emanating from an outside source, or emanating from the cranium of the subject), certain frequencies are in fact greatly amplified. These amplified frequencies coincide with radio bands reserved for government use according to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). Statistical evidence suggests the use of helmets may in fact enhance the government's invasive abilities.We speculate that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason."Thoughts, anybody?

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2017, 04:53:34 pm
content: Something that's always puzzled me - why Aluminium foil? Surely they should be using Copper foil (preferably Silver plated) for best effectiveness. I mean, while you're going to the trouble....

author: boffin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 14, 2017, 05:01:24 pm
content: And of course, there's been a kickstarter for that...https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shieldapparel/shield-the-world-s-first-signal-proof-headwear

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2017, 05:25:04 pm
content: Not just heads anymore from the look of it.Oh, just one more thing in favor of Copper - both Copper and Silver are antibacterial, thus solving another potential source of paranoia at a stroke!

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2017, 05:48:30 pm
content: Found 3M Velostat can be used tomake a thought screen and stop aliens from abducting humans.Seems more comfortable than aluminum.

author: DaJMasta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2017, 05:52:04 pm
content: I don't have the proper background and understanding to do it myself, but I had always hoped to see a tin foil helmet debunking video. I mean, the helmet doesn't seal and reflections are coming from everywhere, so would it even make an appreciable difference to a signal getting into the head wearing it? Then it's a very thin sheet, so at what frequency does it really become effective? Is that a frequency that could actually interact with neurons in any capacity (except for maybe cooking them at very high power)? And finally, with a quarter inch of bone and skin around your brain already.... isn't it pretty well shielded? What narrow band could a tinfoil hat even keep out?It's a bit cross-discipline and a fair bit of work to debunk nonsense, but I imagine it would be a fascinating pointless tangent to investigate

author: ICR9000
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 30, 2017, 10:05:20 am
content: I think this song sums it all up lol

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 30, 2017, 10:07:15 am
content: Surely someone must have realised that wearing a parabolic dish on your head, with a focal point in the middle of your brain, was unlikely to *prevent* radio signals being beamed in and out of it?

author: Neomys Sapiens
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 12:08:12 am
content: I REALLY encountered such a guy once. I told him that he had to keep it grounded all the time. My suggestion was to build something akin to a wooden childrens toy dog from copper and trail it with 10mm² wire from his foil hat.

author: SKHILLBILLYSlures
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 02:35:52 am
content: Google Q wave and proceed to die laughing

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 06:38:13 am
content: Mine has a fuzzy lining for comfort (natural fibre, not synthetic).Will that affect (attenuate) the shielding functionality, or raise the 'potential' for static interference?P.S. The cat likes it when I leave the helmet laying around upside-down.

author: cgroen
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 11:01:08 am
content: I wonder what a tin-foil hat for a audiophool would be made of (and cost)

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 11:15:27 am
content: Quote from: cgroen on July 05, 2017, 11:01:08 amThat would have to be two layers of metallized plastic with some Patent Pending (P) fluid* between the layers.Add an optional $200 earthing strap for non-mobile installation.* coloured deionized water

author: mikerj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 10:51:34 pm
content: Quote from: SKHILLBILLYSlures on July 05, 2017, 02:35:52 amI got dozens of references to ECG and myocardial infarction. Does the laughing cause heart attacks?

author: JohnG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2017, 02:39:26 am
content: My helmet uses pure silver for blocking electric field probes, a layer of mu-metal for magnetic field blocking, a ferrite-polymer composite layer, and an outer layer of cloaking meta-material so they can't tell that I have all the other layers and become suspicious.John (not my real name)

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 01:50:12 am
content: Google "Panawave" or "Pana-wave laboratory", or(Site SW will not let me paste in Japanese name.. find it athttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pana_Wave)

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 02:08:40 am
content: This will get you all thinking...http://www.popsci.com.au/science/medicine/ultrasound-data-transmission-through-meat-is-fast-enough-to-watch-hd-movies,418211

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 03:08:20 am
content: This gentleman is fighting the good fight.https://www.venganza.org/2017/06/arizona-id/

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 06:11:18 am
content: I believe that gentleman is a Pastafarian, and associating him with the tinfoil hat brigade is offensive to his religion.Not kidding!

author: SKHILLBILLYSlures
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2017, 06:56:34 pm
content: Just click the link and begin to die laughinghttp://www.stopabductions.com