Microwaves (not the ones you do your potatoes in lol)?
925755
Microwave is the back bone of many of the distant multiple telephone svc. the wide band satellite service is the link to tie the world together. Tv & telephone service. The radiation doecnt cause any real health problems as the beams are very direct as a beam of light. It is a lot of our world communications.
325711
Despite popular belief microwaves do not cook from the inside out like people think they do... They just have the tendency to cook all of the meat at once.  Which is fortuante if you are ever going to be cooked inside of one.  \n\nUnlike an oven you would not just burn to death over a long period of time and die painfuly. You would die much quicker.  The microwaves would go in to your head and heat you brain (as well as cause all sort of havock on your synapes) and kill you much quicker.  as for blowing up or sizzleing... the same as when you put chicken or steak in to a micro wave... you would just cook.  I supose that your blood might boil and you might burst (like how a hot dog will some times get a split in it).  \n\nBut here is a tip, take off your jewlery.  The microwaves will case a huge ammount of current to flow through rings and watches.  For a moment you will look like you control lightning, but it will be helping fry you on the inside.  \n\nBut i say leave in your ear rings... they might help you die even quicker.\n\noh, and cats are very simular to humans if some one wants to find experimental evidence... But you should probly shave it first
501877
The 1800 has double the energy emission but both are pretty much negligable to the human anatomy\n\nAnd no, being near microwave-oven frequencies doesn't matter. Many many wireless consumer items use the 2.4ghz frequency and no ones brain is being fried.... unless you're infront of the tv 12 hours a day... but that's a differnet story
285535
alarm clock, razor, toaster, microwave, electric oven, cell phone, laptop computer, desktop computer, television, radio, VCR, DVD, CD player, calculator, electric rice cooker, timer, crock pot, electric blanket, light switch, lamps
968430
its not the fact that he can or cannot use a microwave, I myself reside in SaudiArabia and am currently using a sears kenmore microwave.. we have both 110 and 220 voltage.. and they sell converters commonly in all hardware stores.. \nI would be concerned more with the shipping of the appliance.. The workers commonly hired in companies here dont take much care with items being shipped, it will be jostled, thrown, and crunched probably before your friend gets it.. It wouldnt work properly and might be a fire hazzard.. Unless by some means it is shipped via the military shipments..\nnote: brandy's suggestion is the best.. just send money and your friend can then use it to buy what they need best.. ^_^
995260
These things are called "microwave susceptors".  They are made up of a material (typically a metal like aluminum flakes) that strongly absorbs microwave radiation.  This materials is embedded in a heat-resistant polymer and coated as a thin film on a part of the packaging.  \n\nDo a search for "microwave susceptor" on  your favorite search engine and you'll get lots of hits from manufacturers of these things.
1079905
Microwaves cause the water molecules in the food to vibrate rapidly making heat from the friction.  No harm if you don't tamper with the oven's seals etc.
232427
Normal microwaves to not form a homogeneous field of microwaves inside. Normally that does not matter, because you are placing something pretty big inside. A moving turntable tries to minimize the effect of spots of inequal heating. Placing something as small as radish seeds inside may not have exposed the seeds to much or even any microwave radiation, depending where you put it (and especially the floor of a microwave may not get any radiation).\nIn addition microwave radiation mainly stimulates vibration of water molecules, it does not have much effect on many other molecules as fat. Seeds contain much fat, so you probably would need to heat them up for a while. \nMaybe a fun experiment would be trying out how much microwaves heat up different things, compare water, margerine, butter, maybe crisco?, paraffin (have you ever tried melting paraffin candles in a microwave). \nAnd if you want some special effect put an old CD you definitely don't want any more (it will be destroyed, but with a pretty pattern on the metal layer) for not more than 2 secs into the microwave.
443726
generally, yes, but read the container labels to see if it advises against microwaving.
244992
That's completely untrue! There is a microwave at almost anybody's house in Japan. It's very commonly used to heat food.\nThere are people who are concerned about the electromagnetic wave that a microwave releases while it's in use. I think it's same as a microwave in the states. (my mom tells me to stay away from the microwave while heating food! She's too conscious!!) This electromagnetic wave are in doubt that it could cause some damage in our brain. But it's not proved yet. And most people don't really care. \nSo everyone uses microwave for heating food in Japan! I'm sure of this.
239044
I think what these guys mean is...\n\nIdeally you want a microwave with High engery-saving rating and value for money...\n\nThere's so much competition out there it doesn't really matter about the WATTage or any complicated dials and functions...\n\nFind the one that looks good... easy to use and you'll do just fine...\nOtherwise you'll end up buying the most expensive, gold-plated 1,000,000 Watt nuclear fusion power generated monstrosity that has a million buttons and comes with a manual as large as the phonebook - like i did\n\n=)\n\nSimplicity and style is the key
242893
Hmm, I'm sitting here thinking about how microwaves work (yes, I do know how). If the pills have moisture in them (which I'm sure they do), then the electons in the pills can get energized by the microwaves and change the substance of the pills completely. The heat from the outside of the microwave itself though can alter the chemicals in the pills. It might be unlikely that anything happened to yours, but I'd just be on the safe side about it.
160512
Its no more dangerous than using your home computer.  There are microwaves emmitting from everything from your monitor to your tv to your microwave oven to portable phones.  If you use those things and have no reactions then you will have no reactions to wifi either.
758527
Microwaves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. As such any hot body will emit them. The peak frequency of the emissions of a body go up as it gets hotter. For your body the peak is in the infrared. For hot coals, it is in the red. Microwaves correspond to a temperature of a few Kelvin - about -260 C. Of course, at this temperature not much of any kind of radiation is given off, but what there is will peak in the microwave.\n\nFor commercial production of large amounts of microwaves- for ovens or radar - a magnetron is used.
20070
Cooking food with microwaves was discovered by Percy Spencer while building magnetrons for radar sets at Raytheon. He was working on an active radar set when he noticed a strange sensation, and saw that a chocolate bar he had in his pocket had melted.\n\nIt was patented in 1946
1170631
My cell phone: Do not iron???wtf?\nDo not place in dishwasher? WTF?\nDo not place in microwave????WWWWTTTTFFF?\nHow stupid are people that a warning like this has to appear?
177159
well it worked when i tried it.  have you ever had microwaved icecubes?!