Nothing like a good tinfoil hat conspiracy tale for the late night hours... so a few MIT students decided to MEASURE the effect of tinfoil hats.
Do they really keep away the secret radio-control rays the government is sending into your head? The answer may surprise you!
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Using all this expensive gear that was probably paid for with your federal tax money, four MIT students proposed the following while avoiding their actual studies:
Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find that although on average all helmets attenuate invasive radio frequencies in either directions (either emanating from an outside source, or emanating from the cranium of the subject), certain frequencies are in fact greatly amplified. These amplified frequencies coincide with radio bands reserved for government use according to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). Statistical evidence suggests the use of helmets may in fact enhance the government's invasive abilities. We speculate that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason.
Yes, the conspiracy is even larger than you think! Read that again: the helmets may in fact enhance the government's invasive abilities. And the chilling speculation: We speculate that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason.
On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets:
An Empirical Study is their modest report on their experiment.
The results are simple:
For all helmets, we noticed a 30 db amplification at 2.6 Ghz and a 20 db amplification at 1.2 Ghz, regardless of the position of the antenna on the cranium. In addition, all helmets exhibited a marked 20 db attenuation at around 1.5 Ghz, with no significant attenuation beyond 10 db anywhere else.
And the conclusion is clear:
The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for ''radio location'' (ie, GPS), and other communications with satellites (see, for example, [3]). The 2.6 Ghz band coincides with mobile phone technology. Though not affiliated by government, these bands are at the hands of multinational corporations.
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. We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings.
Given diaries like this one, it is my duty to alert all Kossacks to take every precaution and remove your tinfoil hats at once!