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Friday, November 11, 2005

At MIT, even the student pranks are cerebral.


MIT students, have completed an exhaustive study of whether or not "aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals... whether from outside or within the cranium...."

Their findings:
The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for "radio location" (ie, GPS), and other communications with satellites.

I suppose that means if you wear aluminum foil on your head, you will never get lost (even though everyone you meet will tell you to do exactly that).

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