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Cell phone activates oven
Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:25AM EDT
Ever have that sinking feeling that you left a major appliance running when you left the house? Well you might not be paranoid: It may actually be on... though not of your own doing.
Andrei Melnikov found that out the hard way: Something activated his oven, causing it to turn itself on and melt a plastic meat thermometer which had been left inside.
How did this happen? Melnikov and his Brooklyn apartment building's skeptical super eventually figured it out through trial and error: The tenant's ringing cell phone somehow turned on his nearby Maytag oven when it rang. If you're skeptical, check out the video of this in action at the New York Times website and see for yourself.
Hello, Oven? It’s Phone. Now Let’s Get Cooking!
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Posted by ohslaxkeeper on Mon Aug 24, 2009
5:08PM EDT
"Need to burn your house down? There's an app for that"
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:25AM EDT
Ever have that sinking feeling that you left a major appliance running when you left the house? Well you might not be paranoid: It may actually be on... though not of your own doing.
Andrei Melnikov found that out the hard way: Something activated his oven, causing it to turn itself on and melt a plastic meat thermometer which had been left inside.
How did this happen? Melnikov and his Brooklyn apartment building's skeptical super eventually figured it out through trial and error: The tenant's ringing cell phone somehow turned on his nearby Maytag oven when it rang. If you're skeptical, check out the video of this in action at the New York Times website and see for yourself.
Hello, Oven? It’s Phone. Now Let’s Get Cooking!
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Posted by ohslaxkeeper on Mon Aug 24, 2009
5:08PM EDT
"Need to burn your house down? There's an app for that"
[smiley=worried.gif]