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This effect 100% works, I’ve tried it many times over 20 years with many different cars. It is best if you hold the flat side of the remote up against your chin.
When goofing off while tracing wires with a tone generator[0], we used to press the detector wand into our head, lick our finger tips, then run our fingers along the contacts on the 66 block[1] until we heard the warble from the tone generator. 0 - A troubleshooting and wire identification tool consisting of a battery-powered generator that produces a distinctive warbling sound and an inductive detector with a speake…
The answer posted with all the experiments is conducted with a 2009 GTI, which reminds me of my first car, a Jetta from a generation before that. Its manual included this helpful illustration of the full expected range of the remote: https://imgur.com/a/1Pdfyg4 Yes, apparently they were only willing to promise it would work within about arm's length of the car! It wasn't that bad, but also it wasn't a heck of a lot b…
My first thought was "I wonder if the car is to scale or the fob"
This effect 100% works, I’ve tried it many times over 20 years with many different cars. It is best if you hold the flat side of the remote up against your chin.
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bluetooth is a digital transmission. The volume is encoded in the signal, it can't get louder just because it receives a clearer signal. Unless the reduced power consumption by the transceiver causes the battery voltage to rise noticeably.
Empirical evidence says otherwise. Bluetooth headphones on desk, can hardly hear anything. Touching my head (particularly the ears), loud and clear.
I used to use this trick when I worked as a photographer of used cars. You'd get some 10-20 fobs and be expected to walk a lot of ~300+ cars and take images of them. Holding the fob up to your chin was the trick to finding the right vehicle... assuming the battery wasn't dead. I still use this trick today to find my car when I park somewhere I am unfamiliar with.
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It’s just using the water in your body as an antenna. You can see the same effect by holding the car remote to a water bottle. You’ll notice the water bottle gives you about the same extended range as your head.
> You can see the same effect by holding the car remote to a water bottle. And this ^ doesn't actually work. I know it because I specifically tested it. Went from 2L bottles and all the way to 8L jug. Nada. But the head works.
I will have to run more tests.
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bluetooth is a digital transmission. The volume is encoded in the signal, it can't get louder just because it receives a clearer signal. Unless the reduced power consumption by the transceiver causes the battery voltage to rise noticeably.
Empirical evidence says otherwise. Bluetooth headphones on desk, can hardly hear anything. Touching my head (particularly the ears), loud and clear.
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RF is harmless below the point where it directly heats tissue. Having a full strength cell tower transmitter inside your home is not safe due to the intensity of the transmission, it will directly heat tissue inside your body.
> RF is harmless below the point where it directly heats tissue. Would it heat tissue anymore than the Sun (in warm places) or your heater or air-conditioner set to heat already does 10x stronger?
^ this guy literally does nothing more than lay a long wire out on the grass, and touching it instantly smokes and burns his skin