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HOWTO, Cook an Egg With Your Cell Phone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-joy-of-technology dept.

xPosiMattx writes "Suzzanna Decantworthy published an article in her Wymsey Weekend column that described how to cook an egg with two cell phones. From the article: "Many students, and other young people, have little in the way of cooking skills but can usually get their hands on a couple of mobile phones. So, this week, we show you how to use two mobile phones to cook an egg which will make a change from phoning out for a pizza.""

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  1. A cheaper way by SIGALRM · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. Preheat oven to 350deg.
    2. Oil and flour a 8" pan (or use nonstick).
    3. Dial your ex.
    4. Place phone in pan.
    5. Crack an egg on the phone.
    6. Season to taste.
    7. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

    OK, obviously #3 is a problem...

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    1. Re:A cheaper way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      i'm still using my xbox charger. it's more versatile, i can cook pizza too

    2. Re:A cheaper way by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
      > 4. Place phone in pan.
      5. Crack an egg on the phone.

      #5 might be closer to a solution than you guess.

      I, like others, RTFA, and along with everyone else who'd like their 30 seconds of "WTF" back, here's a way that might actually work.

      1) Remove batteries from phones.
      2) You've got between 1 and 2 amp-hours of 12 volts to work with.
      3) You need to get the yolk to around 63C for soft-boiling, and from 20C room temperature, that'll take you around 15-20kJ of energy. Yeah, I've skipped a bit.
      4) ...but it's within the right order of magnitude to cook an egg, particularly because the low internal resistance of such batteries allows for very high current.

      Crack one egg onto one phone - you'll cook something as you short the entire battery out through a pile of egg. If you used the battery as a swizzle stick, constantly stirring the egg mess, and constantly scraping the battery terminals free of solidified gunk, you'll generate a decent amount of heat in the gunk. (You'll also probably electrolyze some of the stuff in the egg, so I wouldn't recommend trying this at home - FSM-only-knows what kind of stuff will show up at the battery terminals beyond hydrogen and oxygen.)

      At worst, you'll end up with a partially-toxic, soupy, warmed-over mess with a few chunks of scrambled egg in it.

      6) If you've got enough surplus energy (like, say, 100kJ to work with), break up the battery packs, use them to power a small hot plate or peltier unit, (preferably with 12V, but if you've got even more surplus energy in the battery packs to waste on conversions, you could use a converter to turn 12VDC into 120VAC), and power your heater with that.

      Crack the egg onto the hot plate, and you'll end up with a light fluffy omelette.

      Either way, you're way ahead of the author of the original link.

    3. Re:A cheaper way by mincognito · · Score: 4, Funny
      At worst, you'll end up with a partially-toxic, soupy, warmed-over mess with a few chunks of scrambled egg in it.

      You mean a McGriddle?




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  2. It May Just Be Me... by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but the little foot icon looks astonishingly like an old rotary telephone today.

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  3. That SO wouldn't work... by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ha! Like they expect us to believe th -- OOOH! Shiny!

  4. Note to self... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...don't talk on two cell phones simultaneously.

  5. Re:can't cook an egg with two cell phones. by ePhil_One · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now now, give it a chance. The author quotes a power output of 2watts, which means you need to track down one of those ancient brick phones, I don't think any modern phones still have that power level. And if you compare that 4 watts of unidirectional power to the focused power of a dorm room 600 watt microwave, you an quickly see how with the 200x microwave application aucustic concentration effect of modern radios, you can see how this might work to cook an egg as fast as a microwave.

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  6. Remember, kids... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't ever put two cell phones in your front pant pockets. You might cook your eggs but no one will ever know. And if you have two cell phones in your back pant pockets, your ass will catch on fire and everyone will laugh at you. Life is a cruel master.

  7. Re:What's the radio for?? by idonthack · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you don't get bored waiting, because you'll be waiting a very long time. Especially considering the fact that this method does not work.

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  8. Egg, brain, whatever... by jpellino · · Score: 3, Funny

    this is nonceklse - ive;benen using my cebll phone for yearsnow and theresno obsevvable effecsts.

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  9. Brainiac is the worst program ever by caitsith01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    EVER.

    It has none of the charm or actual science of Mythbusters and yet the people who make it think they're the coolest, funniest, sexiest people in the world. What they don't realise is that they're actually English.

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  10. Really Works! Call Now! by AeroIllini · · Score: 5, Funny

    This really works! I've done it!

    And, for the first time since yesterday, I am offering for sale a revolutionary new product that will protect your precious head from the same egg-cooking x-rays that make you breakfast.

    For three small payments of $19.95, you can block the radiation emitting from your cell phone by adding this small device to the back of your phone. The unique lattice-like orientation of the pantented gold-copper-lead electrical conduits create an electrical "net" around your phone, forcing the dangerous radiation to be emitted directly up into the sky instead of into your brain! Simply peel the backing off the product and affix it to the back of your phone, between the phone and the battery. Be sure to read the manual for proper placement, because if you are even a fraction of an inch off, you won't get the proper protection you deserve. If you are feeling nervous about doing it yourself, I also offer a service to install this device on your phone for you, for only two additional payments of $19.95 each, plus postage. Just send me your phone and rest easy!

    But wait! Call now, and I will throw in, completely free of charge, a cell phone privacy guard. This handy device fits over the mouthpiece of the phone and prevents malicious hackers from listening in on your calls by scrambling your signal. Don't miss out on this opportunity!

    First one hundred callers receive a deed to the Brooklyn Bridge as a FREE GIFT!

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  11. Re:Wow... by winkydink · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats funky. I wonder how many eggs I cook every day while im chatting with my GF...

    Two, if you keep your phone in your front pants pocket.

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  12. Irresponsible by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is EXTREMELY irresponsible to post such stupid stuff here - don't you realise that soon this will be duped several times on Digg and then other Diggers will post it to their blogs, while others look for someone (or a cell phone company) to blame, and will start wrapping their phones or heads in tinfoil - heck, some Diggers will probably TRY and cook an egg and may get salmonella from the eggs on their fingers, which they will transfer to their mouths when they suck their thumbs and so will end up needing antibiotics.

    For the sake of humanity (Diggmanity?) *** --No Digg ***.

    I better go warn them before it's too late.....

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  13. Re:can't cook an egg with two cell phones. by zippthorne · · Score: 3, Funny

    "how with the 200x microwave application aucustic concentration effect of"

    It's even more if the radio rolls all 20s.

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