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Re: Implications for wearables

It appears as if Claudius Li <> wrote:
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|A large EM pulse is bad because when they move orthoganally accross a wire
|they induce a current down that wire. This current won't necessarily go in
|the direction the wire was mean to carry current. And it may be larger
|than the amount of current the wire was meant to be able to withstand. 
|
|But there is something you can do about it.
|
|Just surround your house with a Farraday(sp?) cage.

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

The Faraday Cage Effect (named after its discoverer) means that the
electric charge on a conductor sits on the outer surface of it.
Therefore, no electrostatic field is present within the conductor. 

|Get alot of tin foil.
|Wrap it around your house.
|Make sure it's grounded well (try attaching it to your lightning rod).
|
|Now when the EM pulse hits the tin foil it will be turned into current.
|The current will drain into the ground. And the EM pulse will not continue
|on its way through your house.

If the radio pulse is large enough it can pass through a thin tin foil.

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