"Clothing for the paranoid
TINFOIL hats may protect the brain from dangerous radio frequencies and
mind-contol rays. Or they may not, according to a group of students
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who tested three
standard designs with equipment costing $250,000. They found the foil
actually amplified some radio signals - especially those on frequencies
used by the US government - by a factor of up to 100. In summing up,
they say: 'It requires no stretch of the imagination to conclude that
the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the
government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC [Federal
Communications Commission]. We hope this report will encourage the
paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling
prey to these shortcomings.'
(
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/)
Of course the real problem with the classic tinfoil hat is that wearing
one makes you look like a nut. Now Less EMF, a company in Albany, New
York, allows you to play safe with more style. It makes a line of
clothing woven from thread with a core of copper-silver wire that
provides electromagnetic shielding (www.lessemf.com/personal.html).
With a baseball-style cap woven from the fabric, you can 'provide your
brain a quiet place without interference to your mental process from RF
radiation', the company's website says. At $29.95, it costs much more
than a roll of aluminium foil, but wins hands down for style. For
protection at work you can buy a shirt woven from metal-core thread for
$89.95. If you budget is tight, Less EMF also offers shielded
undergarments - best worn over standard cotton ones to keep the
conductive fabric from touching your skin. A camisole is $38, boxer
shorts and T-shirts are $64. And for a worry-free night's sleep, you
can shield yourself and your bed with a $499.95 canopy woven from
silver/nylon thread.
It all sounds very reassuring. Just one word of advice to Less EMF
coustomers: leave your metal clothing at home if you're planning a
plane journey. It could play havoc with the airport security scanners."
The End
Reg Curtis - VE9RWC
Received on Sat Mar 02 2024 - 00:57:18 CST