Okay, I'll turn this to a sailing application...

When our local sailing club hosted my mono's nationals a few years ago, we had the weigh-in scale on a club hoist, with the digital display on a table nearby. I walked up and set my cell phone next to the display, and that boat suddenly was swinging between 1 lb and 10,000 lbs! Unfortunately, it took quite awhile before the scale would read accurately again!

So if you're a bit light at the next regatta, walk around the measuring area with your cell phone till you get the reading you want!

I publish a health newsletter and we showed those videos. it was later reported it is a hoax.. but i dont see how.. i have seen several versions of this clip, with different people and from different countries... and they all seem real to me.. i see no signs of "video editing" and i think its for real.

We have a worker who said they tried it and could not pop corn... still seems possible to me. Our founding Dr. says he wouldn't wear a bluetooth on his head at any time...

They dropped the popped pop corn kernel from above the frame onto the table and touched it up with a little video editing (removed the unpopped kernel digitally).

http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp

That's a relief.

JUST AS I THOUGHT!

THIS CLEARLY SHOWS JAKE IS PART OF A GREATER CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE PUBLIC...

I have suspected Jake was "in bed with" Orville Redenbacher's for a while now and this PROVES IT!

That being said... the video clearly shows the corn falling UP??? then coming back down. I am not saying it can't be edited.. but it looks convincing..

cellphone/coffee table popper

I wondered if that was how they did it, but I wouldn't mess with a magnetron like that. Putting your hand in line with the beam, even for a short time, could do some damage. And it would certainly blow out the receiver of a cell phone!

The popcorn thing is a hoax, its been around for ages.

If you want to waste some serious time online I suggest you go over to this website: http://theflatearthsociety.net/
These people are still convinced that the earth is flat and nothing can change their minds, the forums are an "interesting" read. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

That is a lot more believable than video editing and "dropping" corn in from above.

So basically, you are "radiating" everyone at the table... to do a little trick...

It's a "special effect":

Company Fesses Up to Corn-Popping Cellphone Clips

I read another article someplace that describes the various tricks used to get the "popcorn" effect.

Wow....... I got nuthin' <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Must see!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_KFQqmhGq8

I think it would be a great one to have an egg with phones ringing all around it and POP... it turns into a chik!

how about this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEPl8wPXNE