This is a bit of an odd one. There is a very popular series of videos on YouTube at the moment (one of which is below) which are creating a bit of a stir in the mobile space.
It features people positioning their phones around some popcorn kernels, which then pop when the phones are called from separate devices. The idea presumably is to show how harmful mobiles are and that they give off some sort of super powerful radioactive death rays, powerful enough to cook popcorn.
Most bloggers have roundly labelled the stunt a hoax, claiming that it is scientifically impossible to cook popcorn with a mobile phone. We’re no scientists, but the question still remains, who made this video, and for what purpose? Considerable effort has gone into making them all look legit (if indeed they are all fakes) with the same stunt being replicated in supposedly different countries in various videos (many of which belong to the same YouTube account). Could this really just be for the notoriety factor that Web 2.0 is so good at bringing out in people? Is it real? Can anyone give this a go and let us know?
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About Fraser MacInnes
Tried this with no luck, maybe its special mobile popcorn lol
I found the answer to the pop corn viral videos
It was a viral for a blutooth device, see my site
http://www.weberence.com/2008/06/12/the-answer-to-pop-corn-mobile-viral/
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