Amplify you car key fob...with your head.

[progressoid]

Professor Roger Bowley unlocks his car from various distances, using waves from his key, brain and a big bottle of water.

[liberal N proud]

1. OK, Now I have to try this.

[bmbmd]

2. Okay-I went out in to the parking lot to give it a try.

I can confirm the original hypothesis. My own personal head added twenty paces to the range of my (Toyota) key fob. I suspect the good professor has more gray matter than I, but I've probably got more water....

[bowens43]

3. LOL! Ive been doing this for years but thought I had to hold it under my chin and open my mouth.....

[Skinner]

4. I had to check if this video was posted on April Fool's Day.

Alas, it was posted Mar 17, 2014.

I was very skeptical. I don't know enough about physics to know if his explanation is true. But I trust the DUers in this thread who say they've done this. Pretty cool.

[jakeXT]

5. I remember the original from 7 years ago

http://m.

[toby jo]

6. ok, who is the dude that figured this one out?

And how?

And where else was that key before he tried his skull? A rock, a magnet, what? Love it.

[progressoid]

9. Can't help wondering if consumption of alcohol was a factor.

edit: not that I'm encouraging drunk driving!

[awoke_in_2003]

10. how about drunk scientific experiments?

[progressoid]

11. Yeah, I remember those days.

"hey, hold my beer..."

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

[grahamhgreen]

8. Most useful post of the day! Thanks!

[Chakaconcarne]

12. I've been doing this for 20 years

....

[Codeine]

17. Yep. I just hold it to my chin.

I do get the occasional look, however.

[tclambert]

13. Apparently your head acts as a larger antenna

Some youtube clips suggest permanently soldering a wire onto the tiny antenna in the key fob to extend the range. Putting it against your head saves effort and doesn't require a soldering iron.

[progressoid]

14. There are other options I suppose.

[tclambert]

15. That's for remotely unlocking the Mars rover.

[bearssoapbox]

16. Somewhere on Mars a garage door is opening and closing.

Or a tv is changing channels.