Popcorn truth or fiction

[CaptainTom]

Is this real ? Or faked somehow ?

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2867356/8228068

[PIC]

and they wonder why cell phones cause brain tumours and kill bees ...

EL

[Torrey]

Without even having to watch the video, I'm going with not real

http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp

[3n-Out]

Damn that is funny... I don't think it would be quite the same with four Texans sitting around the table.. LOL - probably be beer cans on the table...

[ChuckW]

I'll go with faked! It takes a minute, maybe longer, for the first kernel to pop in a powerful microwave. Even if cell phone radiation could actually pop a kernel of corn it would not happen that fast! It is funny though.

[CaptainTom]

any more opinions?

[mjdmike]

Digital manipuilation, my guess.

[quirkeejames]

I just saw a different one on You Tube. I'm going with hot plate under the table or something.

[Jeff_Green]

I read an article where a physicist debunked it. Mentioned that the reason the popcorn pops is because the microwave (or other source of heat) causes the water molecules to heat up and eventually turn into gas. If the cell phones cold do that then surely the same thing would happen to our fingers causing us pain when we used our cell phones.

As Chuck said, if a kernel takes about a minute to pop in an enclosed microwave system how would it be possible to pop almost instantaneously with cell phones and yet do no harm severe, immediate harm to us when we use them?

[Rson]

Fake, made with After Effects.

Watch the popcorn pop, it looks like it is coming from inside the table.

[PIC]

Originally Posted by Jeff_Green

I read an article where a physicist debunked it. Mentioned that the reason the popcorn pops is because the microwave (or other source of heat) causes the water molecules to heat up and eventually turn into gas. If the cell phones cold do that then surely the same thing would happen to our fingers causing us pain when we used our cell phones.

As Chuck said, if a kernel takes about a minute to pop in an enclosed microwave system how would it be possible to pop almost instantaneously with cell phones and yet do no harm severe, immediate harm to us when we use them?

... of course its faked.
it takes 2-3 minutes for pop corn at 1000 watts.
a cell phone is like .0001 watt.
just wanted to say who the real dd's are that have fried brains ... lol

EL

[mchong75]

It's busted!

My coworkers and I tested it. We had 4 to 6 cell phones.

[kenw]

sorry folks, it's been busted, the popcorn version is at the bottom of the page:
http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp

now, where's my tin hat...?

[Rson]

Originally Posted by PIC

... of course its faked.
it takes 2-3 minutes for pop corn at 1000 watts.
a cell phone is like .0001 watt.
just wanted to say who the real dd's are that have fried brains ... lol

EL

Actually .6 watts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_phone

[Hogleg 44]

Why worry about it anyhow.
We soon won't be able to afford to buy popcorn anyway...because all of the corn will be going into the production of ethanol, to power our cars!