• Julian@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Your car keys have better range if you press them to your head, since your skull will act as an antenna. It sounds like some made up pseudoscience that would never work in practice or have a negligible effect, but it actually works.

    Edit: idk if it’s actually because your skull acts as an antenna, although that’s what I’ve heard. I looked it up and it seems like it’s your head acting as a reasonance chamber. Since your body is conductive, your head can bounce and amplify the radio signal.

    • undercrust@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It works best if you hold the fob under your chin and open your mouth in the direction you’re aiming!

      • Jee@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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        1 year ago

        I swear these comments look more and more like a ploy to make me look stupid in public

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      The first time I heard about this was in reference to garage door remotes.

      If your remote was too far away, you placed the remote under your chin pointing to your skull to amplify the signal using your head.

    • Zebov@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      On one side you have people that think 5g causes cancer. On the other, you have people directly beaming shit into their skulls to open their cars from a couple extra feet away.

      Wild

      • darcy@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        i dont believe it causes cancer necessarily, but i think 5g is worrying for the sake of big increase in location tracking precision