Post by thread:[OT]: What good is a microwave?

>There are other interesting microwave oven "experiments" out there on the >net.. apparently, grapes can be make to explode or rocket around.. > Why not an egg ? SM4RAN - Attila -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Did see on the net somewhere where someone used the diode and fired it up in the grill of their car ... set all kinds of radar detectors off - and supposedly jammed police radar. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Somewhere else on the net someone used two old microwaves to set up a microwave transmitter system - they don't have the docs online for safety reasons (or so they say ;-) ). -Adam Eoin Ross wrote: {Quote hidden}>Did see on the net somewhere where someone used the diode and fired it up in the grill of their car ... set all kinds of radar detectors off - and supposedly jammed police radar. > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics >(like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

My understanding is that active jamming is illegal in most states, but scattering is not (crushed aluminium foil in bumper, etc). But I also wonder how safe this is to other folks on the street? Cheers, -Neil, microwave ignorant. {Original Message removed}

Hmmm... this has obviously gone down a path that I was not originally intending. I've got enough little "projects" going on that I did not want to start another -- just salvage some parts, or use it to do something useful for me like display my first PIC project on the turntable :-) But now, some of these ideas have piqued my interest... Okay, exploding food is cool, but I'm holding out for a better piece of entertainment. :-) Cheers, -Neil. {Original Message removed}

You can make a foundry to melt metal: http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html or paper casting: http://www.papermaking.net/Stepbycasting.htm or: http://www.hrtrains.com/classnotes8.html if they are not contaminated, donate it away so others can do some cooking with it. Cheers, Ling SM -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

On Thu, 23 May 2002, Attila Muhi wrote: >>There are other interesting microwave oven "experiments" out there on the >>net.. apparently, grapes can be make to explode or rocket around.. >> > >Why not an egg ? Because I did that while trying to cook one and it was not fun washing the wall near the uwave afterwards. Of course I poked a hole in the egg first, as always. Of course the hole wasn't large enough *that* time. The egg was in a cup of salted tap water as usual. Surprising how sticky these organic substances are though. When it went off the windows rang (I was not in the room). Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.