The MIT study looks like good science. At the proper frequencies the helmet will act as an antenna rather than a shield. This has to do with the relationship of the wave length of the radio signal with the dimensions of the helmet. What is skipped over is the relevance of radio signals to the brain in the first place. This is an excellent source, and could be cited in [[April Fool's Day]] if there were not so many other excellent examples.
Fred
On Apr 13, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
Surely as a public service this important new research should be incorporated into our growing series of articles on alien abduction theories and other conspiracies, but is it a reliable source?
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/
It put me rather in mind of this ground-breaking study: http://www.plokta.com/plokta/issue23/teapot.htm which gives us a verifiable source to back the frequently-repeated assertion that ''foo'' is about as much use as a chocolate teapot.
Sorry, a slow afternoon in the office :-) Guy (JzG) -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG
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