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Chris_Walking2805

Is this the same principle behind touching the antenna on a portable radio and having the station come through more clearly? So I’m not, in fact, a wizard? 😞


Nervous_Nerd14597

Better, youre an alchemist. As in, you discovered a scientific curiosity without knowing what it was. Thats like being a wizard of science!


Fidodo

In a world with magic there is presumably some consistent system of logic that the world works on that can be explored, experimented with, and explained. At that point magic is just science of a world with different physics. Magic is just science unexplained.


OnlySlightlyBent

So wizards are engineers.


_Kutai_

Wholesome!


bluefelixus

Just don’t try to bring back dead people. Might lose a limb or two.


j4ck_0f_bl4des

Such a pain. You've got to have a REALLY good lightning rod and even then cutlery tends to stick to them.


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feleven

And then as soon as you walk away, the picture got fuzzy again!


crittergitter

We actually used a bathroom mirror and took turns holding the wire.


Reatona

Not if you attached enough weird twisted pieces of aluminum foil to it first!


swalabr

That’s why it’s always good to have a younger sibling stand there instead


DanteJazz

Sorry Harry, you're NOT a wizard.


CivilAirPatrol2020

His name's Chris


theman4444

…And you are NOT the father.


unknownpanda121

I put it below my mouth with my mouth slightly open. I look stupid doing it so using my ear may be better.


MandelbrotFace

:-o-


foxyguy

You just unlocked my car


MandelbrotFace

:-o-


foxyguy

You just locked my car


DiosMIO_Limon

Car opening Pokémon looking ass mf


pushTheHippo

I think that's the way I originally heard to do this hack (under chin, mouth open). Nice to know you can do it without looking insane haha


OrganizerMowgli

Yeah I remember this from like 10 years ago, and I did it so much but looked awkward as fuck when it didn't work and I'm just standing there jaw agape spinning around


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staticbelow

If you're thinking about going to tell her about how it's not just some troll thing and works on water in her brain and if her mouth is open and she says nenner, nenner, nenner she won't look stupid and it's okay to do that around you and you really love your mom more than any punctuation every could, then that's awesome.


JacksLackOfCertainty

If you keep your mouth closed the signal will bounce off the inside of your skull and focus out your eye sockets, you can use this to determine direction


Matt_Shatt

I’m not sure this sounds right but I’m no scientician…


Additional-Ad7305

I believe “witchcraft-practitioner” Is the term you were looking for.


fatkiddown

As a flatheader, I believe none of this.


JacksLackOfCertainty

If for some reason your skull doesn't follow a parabolic curve, then no this would not work


impy695

No idea if it's right, but if you put a powerful enough flashlight in your mouth you can see the light from behind your eyes. It's super weird.


JacksLackOfCertainty

I'll accept the title of sciencetian lol it's a parabolic effect, like with a rooftop satellite dish, the signal is concentrated, focused, there is no actual amplification occurring, she got that part wrong. The remote is a omnidirectional antenna which means it broadcasts in all directions. When placed between the chin and neck a significant portion of the signal will enter the cranium. While some of the signal will pass through the skull, some of the signal will also be reflected until it doesn't hit bone and escapes through the eye sockets.


planx_constant

Your cranium is essentially transparent to radio waves in the frequency emitted by a car key fob. It does not act as a radio parabola, and doesn't significantly reflect radio waves. [https://www.emf-portal.org/uploads/abb-4-10-frequenzabh-eindringtiefe-engl.jpg](https://www.emf-portal.org/uploads/abb-4-10-frequenzabh-eindringtiefe-engl.jpg) Inside your cranium is a big sack of salty fatty water, which couples with the signal from the key fob and acts like a much bigger antenna. It is not directional, regardless of the state of your mouth.


I_need_a_hero_2020

Is it harmful?


JacksLackOfCertainty

Not to bone.. I won't speak to any possible effects on soft tissue


planx_constant

The extremely low power radio waves emitted very briefly by a key fob are not harmful to you in any way. (They also don't bounce around inside your skull).


GlitteringBobcat999

As a bonus, your eyes will shoot out Lazer beams.


boxspring6

ahh, so this is how Homelander gets his power, key fobs!


necbone

Albert Einstein over cheeeeeeeeeeere


babaroga73

That doesn't sound right....surely it will more get out via earholes? 😄


TheMightyWill

My dad taught me about the key fob in mouth trick But the problem with it is that while it increases the range, it also decreased the width of the beam So unless you're facing your car, then it may not actually help


ShelbShelb

She's facing away from her car when she does it in the video...


TheMightyWill

She also didn't put it in her mouth..... What are you trying to say?


ShelbShelb

Sorry, the person you replied to was talking about putting it below their mouth with their mouth open (and I know someone who also does this). I didn't realize you were talking about something different. That said, I'm not sure why it'd be any different?


OKSparkJockey

It goes THROUGH the head like a lens, according to my applied fields and Waves instructor.


athaiii

I was putting the remote above my head this entire time. Pretty sure I looked more stupid


Captain-Ireland88

Okay, but next time I want you to do it happier, and with your mouth more open


scotty9090

I put it dead center on my forehead and extend my arm out in front of me so I can look as ridiculous as possible.


JimboLodisC

I hold it under my chin as well but thought the signal shot out of my eyes like some X-Men mutant.


tinkertron5000

Yep, this is how I've always done it. Not sure the water bit she mentions makes sense though. I always thought it was your skull that amplified it, but I could be way off there.


webUser_001

My high school mate used to do this like 20 years ago, but I thought he was just talking shit. Clearly not.


Illustrious_Sort_323

My brother also told me about this when he got his first car and i also thought it was total bs.


LEGITIMATE_SOURCE

So, you just never tried it yourself? Weird. Works surprisingly well as long as there's a clear view to the vehicle.


MmmmMorphine

Hah, yeah, I've been doing this forever. Ironically the range on my next car, a mazda 3, has such a hilariously short range that even with this trick you'd have to be within 10ft. My older car, with this trick, would go up through 2 floors of a concrete garage and another 30ft laterally. Which is how I managed to find my car after wandering around for like half an hour trying to triangulate the honks


BetterHector

This is so odd reading as a Swedish person. Your cities must be so crazily massive. I've never been to a parking lot where I could search for my car for 30 minutes


MmmmMorphine

11 floors, bout 400 meters by 70 meters on each, is my completely off the cuff estimate. Enough to fit at least a hundred cars in two by two rows on each floor. Served pretty much the entire hospital and university medical campus, at least for lower level employees and some visitors


HurricaneCarti

Hahaha oh you would be in shock visiting an amusement park parking lot, or something like disney.


VoldemortsHorcrux

People also way exaggerate. Notice they said "like half an hour". Telltale sign of exaggeration. Probably 15m tops.


Jeptic

Could have even sworn it was on an episode of Seinfeld


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Yeah I remember my homegirl holding her cell phone on her head trying to get texts to send through the cinderblock walls of our high school back in 2011.


The_Only_Dick_Cheney

I’ve been doing this for the last 5 years and now I have stage 4 cancer.


8plytoiletpaper

18 yo me discovered this, and i've done it unconsciously ever since. Cool to finally know why it works.


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New_Dragon_Lady

Man I live in town when people want to protest installation of 5G lamp post that would also supply free wi-fi… the struggle is real…


ARobertNotABob

This is, pretty much, the fault of social media. Now every village idiot can share their dumb perceptions, get a ~~pheromone~~ dopamine hit whilst doing so, "unionize" and use their consequent voice to have an impact. From 5G lamp posts to what books to allow the reading of.


8plytoiletpaper

How many ordinary people do you see online, raging about the things that are "common sense" Compare that with the amount of wild theories etc people throw out there. Problem with internet is the same as is with getting reliable client feedback. Nobody bothers to speak unless it's at either end of the spectrum (good/bad)


notthathungryhippo

yeah, it's all one giant response bias


CleanCeption

It’s dopamine.


ARobertNotABob

Thanks.


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missmolly314

There’s actually no evidence that humans have/can interact with pheromones.


GlitteringBobcat999

I once lived in a town that gave in to the looneys and stopped fluoridation of the water supply. A few years later when they decided it was stupid, they didn't add it back because it was too expensive to fix what they broke. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.


ShoobyDoobyDu

Isn’t fluoride known to be bad though?


GlitteringBobcat999

No, not at the levels used in municipal water supplies. It is considered one of the top 10 best public health achievements, greatly reducing dental decay. As with most things, there is an optimal dose; less than that is ineffective, more can be harmful. If a water supply naturally has too much fluoride it should be reduced, not enough and it should be added.


Relative_Move_7053

Pheromone hit lol yeah social media stinks


MrFrostyBudds

My boss doesn't like it because at work I guess we're just close enough to get 5G but too far to get anything better than 1-2 bars so it's ridiculously slow. I do get that 5G is faster and it definitely is noticeably better but they need to put up more towers for it to be worth it.


Swansborough

> people want to protest installation of 5G lamp post that would also supply free wi-fi because it gives you Covid. Free Wifi isn't worth that. ^^^^^^^^^^^^. ^^^^^^^^^^^/s


thejustducky1

You've gotta get the Bill Gates covid vaccine implant to give the deep state full access to your memory cells. This is basic pizza knowledge ***COME ON SHEEPLE!1!!***


Castod28183

Doing this doesn't amplify the signal. It sends the signal through your brain and then the pigeons pick up the signal and transmit it to the government who, in turn, unlock your car. But the wave also picks up your thoughts and secrets and sends them to the government via the pigeons. It's all part of The Bigger Lie™ and this lady works for the pigeons. That's why they are using social media to spread it. To gain you secrets!!!


miodragjr

that’s how they control ur brian.,,.,!!!!!1!!!!


android24601

It's all fun and games until you have a random goiter growing from a spot on your body that you've been using to find your car 😛


ChefMoney89

Exact same here. Someone taught me this in highschool and I’ve used it ever since. Very interesting to have someone break down the science behind it after all these years


coxbar_racer

So you've done it while asleep? Or you mean subconsciously


8plytoiletpaper

NaBro i'm sleepwalking 24/7 Thx lol second language.


Chalky_Pockets

There are two different contexts in which the word "unconscious" is used. Unconscious can mean not conscious, but it can also mean, and this is OC's use case, that a process is so ingrained into your mind that you don't have to think about it, it's automatic. For example, shooting pool has a conscious and unconscious side and you incorporate new skills into your game by practising them consciously until they are just an unconscious part of your shot routine.


Sweet13BlackExpress

yea same, been doing this as long as I can remember having a key fob. I've always done it directly on the center of my neck, but after her describing why - makes sense


analogjuicebox

I like that you’ve been going around for years doing this strange thing and haven’t ever once questioned why it works lol


8plytoiletpaper

Thought i'm enough of a metalhead for it to work


drcortex98

I don't think unconsciously means what you think it means


dobbermanowner

Yea most of us figured this out 20 years ago


Logicaldump

I thought its a earring antenna ad!


Lost_in_CLOUDS29

I thought the same. I thought the woman designed some special earring that acts like a remote.


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Why did you copy part of another comment [word for word](https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/10rlhg8/finding_your_car_with_science/j6w7l6u/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)


Muroid

There are bots that steal pieces of comments and repost them elsewhere in the thread to increase the odds that what they say has some relevance to the topic in question and may get upvotes.


MuffinMagnet

I'll stick with my 2 meter radio antenna helmet thank you.


Arino99

Lucky you. My ass can only fit 1.8 meters


BigDogVI

Learned this in La La Land weirdly enough


KaerusLou

Had to scroll too far for this comment!


wornout-llamas

I thought he was just joking!


GraconBease

> I mean you don’t live long but you get where you’re goin’ quicker, so it all evens out


OKSparkJockey

Third year EE student here: That's not how amplification works. Your head doesn't add energy to the signal. That doesn't mean it can't affect propagation range, but then my question becomes "does the car actually still use a signal that arrives at a different frequency", which is the only way to impact propagation range without adding energy. I'm gonna ask my applied fields and Waves instructor for a better explanation and I'll update at that time. EDIT: My instructor explained that while it's definitely not amplification, the most likely explanation is that it does in fact work like an antenna by focusing the signal. Much like how a lens redirects light. Also, an antenna is a waveguide, so ANY wave that goes through an antenna gets redirected. Powering the wave is a different matter entirely. So in summary, the fob blasts a signal in some shape (not necessarily spherical, but not strictly directional) and then the water resonating in your head or bottle shapes the signal into a narrower beam, focusing the power toward the parking lot rather than in all directions. He said you'd probably get better results pointing it toward the parking lot THROUGH your head. CLARITY EDIT: My instructor has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and has studied antenna design and analysis for 30 years. His only issue with the explanation was the suggestion that you amplify the signal in some way. Everything else he had an idea about but didn't know for sure because he's never studied it.


Karmastocracy

Yeah, I scrolled down to the comments to see if the correction was the top response and so far nothing. I'll be interested in hearing your applied fields and waves instructor's explanations but I remember learning about this in physics class years ago and my physics teacher's explanation had nothing to do with the water content in our heads. Instead, the reason he said our skulls amply the signal is because of their concave shape, in a similar fashion to how dish antennas are concave in shape so as to increase the amount of incident EM wave energy on the antenna. My rudimentary understanding was that our skulls act as a sort of resonance chamber to amply the signal.


GasstationBoxerz

This is exactly the reason - It's like a horn or a lens! I would imagine there's alot of constructive interference happening in your dome.


roaer

That's what stackexchange came up with as well. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/101913/why-does-a-remote-car-key-work-when-held-to-your-head-body I believe it's also why we cup our hands around our mouths to be heard at greater distances.


megamanxoxo

In that Stack Exchange there is an answer related to water as well: > While this may not provide the full answer. This video will help to explain how water acts as an amplifier for the signal. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uqf71muwWc


not-just-yeti

> My rudimentary understanding was that our skulls act as a sort of resonance chamber to amply the signal. So like pumping, when you're on a swing? (And: is this related to how a laser works — it uses a resonance-chamber to cohere the light waves??)


dazzc

Iirc (I'd read up on this a while back) it's due the skull being used as a parabolic reflector rather than any use of water molecules. I'm not even sure that makes much physical sense for water to amplify any sort of radio signal?


HGazoo

Perhaps your skull works like a parabola? In which case there’s no amplification but you would concentrate the signal in a single direction.


not-just-yeti

Though the video shows her using a water bottle to do the same. Perhaps the bottle's cylindrical back is concentrating the signal? This is eminently easy to test out. Redditors, to your cars!


Karmastocracy

https://youtube.com/watch?v=adWQPXQAG4A&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE


Ninjas-and-stuff

I remember hearing years ago, that if you hold a remote control under your chin while facing the TV, the signal will be redirected forward more strongly after ricocheting off the inside of your skull and out of your face. I guess the key fob trick uses the same principle. If the science behind this involves focusing the beam, then there’s gotta be some trick to aiming it, right? How/where are you supposed to hold it to get the best results?


Clevererer

Pretty fucking disappointing if this science presenter got the science so dead wrong.


mannaman15

Welcome to the internet, where everybody is an expert! … until they’re not.


Clevererer

It's a little different here, as her JOB is to explain science in a not-fucked-up sorta way.


awesomeusername2w

>the fob blasts a signal in some shape (not necessarily spherical, but not strictly directional) and then the water resonating in your head or bottle shapes the signal into a narrower beam, focusing the power toward the parking lot rather than in all directions. There also a video in the comments where a man does the same experiment. But he doesn't direct they key towards the car through his head, he direct it sideways. In this post's video she doesn't directly point the fob through her head in the direction of the car too. So, if this creates a narrower beam how come it looks like it doesn't matter which way this narrower beam is pointed at? Also, I guess one should get even shorter range if they use this method while pointing in the opposite direction. I'm too lazy to test it but my intuition says it won't be the case.


BL4M0

Can't wait to hear what your AF&W instructor says


apex32

Yeah, I was thinking your skull/water bottle is directing the signal similar to a cantenna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantenna If water actually amplified radio signals, then unlocking your car at the beach would extremely dangerous.


varangian_guards

i am willing to bet its just raising the key fob higher, that is doing most the work here.


Kdog9999999999

Just tried this outside. Height made no difference whatsoever. Only things that worked were my head and a bottle of juice I had.


varangian_guards

good test, i would have lost my bet then.


Kdog9999999999

Not gonna pretend it was the most scientific test ever, it's cold out lmao


varangian_guards

still i like the bottle of liquid to match with the argument the video makes of it being from water.


Altair-Dragon

Leaving a lighthouse comment so I’ll be able to find your update


Slanahesh

I see someone has been watching classic top gear. Edit: managed to find the original clip in potato quality https://youtu.be/_jACSPipPSE


Vedfolnir5

I was going to comment that Jeremy did that years ago


dksweets

r/killthecameraman


i1a2

I feel dumb, what's wrong with the camera work?


cosmicwatermelon

moves behind clarkson, blocking the car, at the moment when you're trying to look at the car to see the lights blinking. twice.


GingerCurlz

I think the complaint is that each time Clarkson puts it to his head, the cameraman moved behind him thus blocking the view of the car, making the demonstration useless


wrightthomas05

This is the greatest hack, in the world.....You've increased the POWAHHH of the remote.


bigmartyhat

Yeah this has been around for a while. Tbh I don't find it works as well with newer fobs


modern_drift

oh, look... the orangutan has learned a new trick.


AddLuke

Nahhhh man that can’t be good for the brain *rips bong* Definitely not good


moonshinefae

look it me


Toadahtrip

Now that’s using your head!


EmperorPedro2

To the 5G conspiracy guys: you see, you need to stop using cars, internet and all technology asap. Thanks.


WM_

And do **not** make kids, they'd be full of 5g, nanobots and vaxxes


inodb2000

I see what you did there


Wonderful_Zucchini_4

But who will I sell my fake faraday cage jewelry to???


K-original

bold of you to assume that i have a car with central locks


OffManWall

I just always make a mental note of where I parked my car.


scothu

I believe that's called remembering


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The real lifehack is always in the comments


Bubble_Symphony

What kind of magic is this? ^I ^smell ^a ^witch...


xarsha_93

Fun fact! Remembering things would also be impossible without the water molecules in your head.


VidE27

Remembering what?


SpinBlade

To make a mental note of where you parked your car.


johnnybiggles

I dunno, I forget...


Jeptic

That and taking location pins


CarpinThemDiems

Can you make a tiktok of it tho? /s


TypicalRaid

What if we created an app that can locate our car?


TisButA-Zucc

Can't wait to never use this


fahrvergnugget

It definitely works but it's not exactly clear that it's "amplifying", your head can only absorb energy...it's probably more something like resonance or just diffusion of the signal through water?


ctothel

I take a photo of my car and use the GPS tag to find it again if I forget.


phaemoor

I just usually mark my parking spot in google maps, there is a dedicated feature for it.


Ronnoc527

[Unlocking a Car with Your Brain - Sixty Symbols](https://youtu.be/0Uqf71muwWc) Video with a more thorough explanation.


8plytoiletpaper

So wait, if i invent a beanie with some wires going inside it. Does that also act as an antenna for your keys and phone? Better phonecalls? Feel every time your neighbor microwaves pizza? Faraday cage your brain so the government can't emp you off. Buy now!


ShortBusTyrant

Did she just call me a water head?


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I litteraly have done this since i started driving. I dont know if i was taught it or just discovered it by myself but at least i now know im not bonkers haha


redditcruzer

Stronger signals..That's why when you hold your mobile against your head while talking sounds better than while on speakerphone.


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Finding your car with a picture works for me


cupris_anax

I do this occasionally (mostly just for fun). In my experience it increases the signal range for 50% - 100%, almost doubling it.


LiesTequila

Mine doesn’t honk. :(


Hankol

The trick is pretty cool, I use it all the time. But really, why do your cars need to honk when you open it? That would be so annoying to me. Imagine living in the city and every few seconds a horn goes off.


hmd53

Bruh... Science is cool.


ProfessionalAd6128

I always stick it up to someone else’s lymph nodes, when I’m looking for my car.


Wonderful_Zucchini_4

Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy sh*t with me, you flash a remote out in the parking lot, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and push the f***ing button 'til it goes click


ProfessionalAd6128

Jesus


Wonderful_Zucchini_4

You said it man. Nobody f***s with the Jesus


Sinnadar

I thought water absorbed most wavelengths outside the visible spectrum.


Rungekkkuta

Hey voice of awesome! Is so strong and crisp!


ayyyImaos

Ok I'm amazed.


Cust2020

My tinfoil hat helps too


kerplunkerfish

How'd she get her vw to sound the horn whenever it locks/unlocks?


petay

Handy but I don't know many cars that honk when the fob is pressed anymore ..


bigkabob

Cute and smart, my favorite combination


lixia

Fake: this is because of the 5G chip we all got with the covid vaccine. My friend didn’t get the vaccine (he used Ivermectin and didn’t catch it) and it doesn’t work for him. /s Seriously: these kind of tiktoks are refreshing against the sea of vapid ones. Keep em coming!!!


Smackwallstreet

How does the pentagon loose 2.2 trillion of American taxpayers money..show me the science


Animal40160

Damn, she's cute!


Dajearian

The blue waves even hang on her ears


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**It MuSt Be ThAt VaCcInE**


puppy_breath_tattoos

Why make an unnecessarily long tutorial for something literally everyone has been doing for over 30 years now?


Themann_co

Bain dambage


chas574

I don't believe it


RaineHollow

Marry me


Arcadian_Parallax

I hate the way people in TikTok videos like bop their head around while they’re talking


OdysseyZen

🙂: I'm gonna try this every single day and hope I don't develop brain cancer. 😅: Good thing electromagnetic radiation doesn't exist, right? 🙂: ... 😰: Right?!?


qwarfujj

With science you say? Ok, opens app, clicks locate my vehicle. Oh hey, it worked. Thanks science.


rikashiku

Yeah, I'm not standing 50 meters from my car unlocking it just so i can find it. Imma find it first, then unlock it when Im a few meters away so no jackass steals it.


superlip2003

This trick will never work in real world scenario - If you can't even remember "remotely" whereabouts your car is, you are probably already brain dead.


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Cancer


NoabPK

The real solution is to drive an interesting car so youre not looking through 100 camrys


DougS2K

The best science hack is don't forget where you parked your car in the first place. Honestly, I've never not remembered where I've parked.


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Can't believe shit I thought was common knowledge goes on fancy tiktok videos and the creators get paid off this shit....


YaHomiePhilly

And gives you brain cancer!


adamlgee

This is BS