Smart dot phone radiatiation stickers don't work! - who'd have guessed? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2021, 01:06:28 pm
content: Quotehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55613452I'm shocked!

author: Syntax Error
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2021, 01:35:51 pm
content: @Gyro I thought this was some Crapstarter herd funded thing... but no, these are all over ebay. "Protect your whole family from harmful EMF waves" is one claim. Other than burying your kids in a lead lined box, under a mountain, there is nothing we can do to escape those bad vibrations. A pack of five dots costs upward to $100, and they are selling. Sadly ebay does not have a reporting category for, this item is a scam.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2021, 02:27:14 pm
content: Also known as placebos.

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2021, 02:42:31 pm
content: The product description is nonsense! Those stickers absorb money, not electromagnetic radiation.

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2021, 03:06:37 pm
content: They had to use a University to test if they work.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2021, 05:10:24 pm
content: I liked the quote from amazon...QuoteYeah, so that happens!It's a great surprise that the "scalar energy" that they are "programmed" with isn't able to "harmonise the fields" though!

author: Syntax Error
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2021, 05:33:14 pm
content: There is a whole industry servicing the urban health paranoia of the #trending hipster; crystals, mono-pole magnetic wrist bands and non-conductive drinking water, to name a few 'new age' (overpriced) products. Maybe with crystals we should not entirely overlook thepiezzo electric effect? I would like to point out that 125KHZ EM4100 series RFID tags are also 30mm round, have a 3M sticky backing, 'absorb' an EMC field and, cost a mere 10 cents each. So these might be a cheaper alternative to those who cannot affordscalarstickies?Just saying.

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2021, 03:15:44 am
content: I knew what I was going to find the good old Amazon disclaimer at the bottom of the page.https://www.amazon.co.uk/EnergyDots-SleepDot-Natural-Sleep-Pack/dp/B07SJFCLXK/QuoteBut this one seems to be unusually small and barely readable than the ones I have seen before like with the Elink EMF neutalizer that I posted some years ago.https://www.amazon.co.uk/EnergyDots-SleepDot-Natural-Sleep-Pack/dp/B07SJFCLXKQuotehttps://www.amazon.com/eLink-EMF-Neutralizer-Protection-Device/dp/B00TRM0UI4/QuoteSo it looks like with time they have reduced the size of the disclaimer but then it might just be that seller as I am not sure if that disclaimer is automatically inserted by Amazon based things like the listing type or whether the seller is required to paste it in there.See attached pictures.But it doesn't seem to be found on any other listing for real things that work like this suggested one:https://www.amazon.co.uk/SMALLRIG-Screws-Camera-Additional-Accessories/dp/B01AZ558WEQuote from: StillTrying on January 11, 2021, 03:06:37 pmWhen they could have "studied" the disclaimer in relation to other listings.

author: TomS_
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 23, 2021, 10:05:50 am
content: Quote from: Syntax Error on January 11, 2021, 05:33:14 pmMy mum fell for that whole footbath thing where the water turns all gross and is supposedly toxins that have been removed from your body.I tried to explain to her that nothing in the water had come from her feet, even linking to bigclives video about it, and she then shrugged it off as "a bit of fun".Im sure she still thinks it did something because she's quite big on the whole alternate medicine thing, but not big enough to be completely against professional medical advice.

author: Yansi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 23, 2021, 10:09:42 am
content: Radioactive stuff goes here:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/negative-ion-crap-actually-radioactive/(How many more radioactive sticker threads will we get?)

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 24, 2021, 12:50:41 pm
content: Quote from: Yansi on January 23, 2021, 10:09:42 am@Yansi, who rattled your cage? Please take the time read the link in the OP, it's not a radioactive sticker thread!It's talking about a fake RF radiation 'mitigator', not radioactivity.

author: Yansi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 24, 2021, 01:06:19 pm
content: Small mistake seems happened.Doesn't matter, I hate any of these offtopic things. You may disagree, but I have a feeling the forum is becoming overwhelmed by the "bullshit debunking" and other "sensational stuff".And I was pretty much angered due to someone actually creating yet another "radioactive sticker" thread just small while back.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 24, 2021, 01:08:31 pm
content: Sure, you made a mistake. Surely that's what the dodgy technology section is for, isn't it? Debunking bullshit stuff.

author: Haenk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 25, 2021, 06:57:17 am
content: The more debunks, the better. Does not get much "dodgier" than this stuff.Remember: Those "product reviews" will be spidered by Google and will be in the upper region of search results. Calling them by their true nature ("crap", "fraud", "useless") might actually stop someone still not sure whether to buy it or not.

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 25, 2021, 07:26:36 am
content: There are some that sort of work.These RF powered LED stickers for phones got popular back in the days of 2G GSM phones (Nokia 3310 days). Being right next to the antenna transmitting at a Watt or two they could pick up enough power to light up some LEDs fairly brightly. Obviously this reduces the RF radiation since its sucking up power to run the LEDs and make some heat in the RF to DC conversion process. But then again mobile phones are smart enough to reduce TX power to the minimal needed to reach the tower, so the phone probably just cranks up the power to compensate for the signal loss, resulting in the same, or even larger dose of RF exposure.These things have now resurfaced in a new form designed for NFC frequencies, making them blink from the pulses transmitted by the phone when looking for NFC tags. Apparently they started putting this on fingernails so that they blink when holding the phone. Pretty silly but hey people like colorful blinky lights.

author: Deodand2014
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2021, 08:15:48 am
content: And they are radioactive to boot...

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2021, 04:51:15 pm
content: Quote from: StillTrying on January 11, 2021, 03:06:37 pmThis is stupid... and wasted resources, but I guess a large number of people who don't have enough scientific background to judge for themselves will tend to listen to whoever is loudest. So yeah a university report will have more weight than a few isolated people, even when those are perfectly competent.