Wireless-Friendly Microwaves

Posted by michael on Sunday November 23, 2003 @12:30AM from the press-enter dept.

Makarand writes "According to this article on ABC News, scientists at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have stumbled upon a simple and elegant solution to keep your kitchen microwave from becoming a noisy nuisance to your home Wi-Fi network. They found that they could focus the microwaves into a single frequency and reduce noisy microwave emissions by placing ordinary magnets in specific patterns along the magnetron . New techniques to reduce microwave interference will be needed when Wi-Fi enabled entertainment systems will allow digital audio and video to be transmitted to different rooms of a house wirelessly. Packet drops in such a sytem would degrade the video and audio experience."

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Or.... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-23 00:52 · Score: 0, Troll

They could use a wireless frequency that isn't penetrating our bodies with microwaves?

I find it very discomforting to think that the 802.11 is the resonating frequency of water. When you hit water with it, it will agitate the molecules and things get hot and cooked. The average human is 50-65% water.

WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY SMOKING AT THE FCC?

A microwave has that protective metal mesh for a reason. It is not cool to put a tiny microwave on your desk. It is not cool to put a tiny microwave in your lap.