Killer Phone App – No Really…..

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Every place of work has one….

 

… an employee that cruises through life doing very little yet keep their job and often get promoted.

Have I got my work ethic all wrong? Are there some really important things that we can learn from people who can only be described as “work shy genius’s”?

Abu Dhabi Hospital pain chart

This is a chart I found on the wall in casualty at a hospital in Abu Dhabi.
I really do question the value of things like this, apart from the obvious funny side 🙂

Mythbusters Experiment No.1

OK, I heard from several sources that it is possible to open a car door from way out of range using the remote key fob and a mobile phone.

It is believed (and reported all over the web) that the mobile phone somehow carries the signal, it has even been reported that it can work with the key fob and car in different countries.

It is also documented (all over the web) and explained very well by Geoff our resident radio communications expert, that this cannot possibly work due to many things, but mainly the inability of a mobile phone or mobile phone network to carry the signal from the key fob.

But still there are lots of claims from people on the web that this works, despite all the scientific whadgamibob.

So let’s give it a try…..Mythbuster style….

The Experiment

Cars

• Ford Edge
• Chevrolet Camaro
• Ford Mustang

Mobile Phones

• Nokia Xpress music 5300
• Sony Ericsson C901

Method

1. Two people stayed with the car equipped with a mobile phone
2. Two people drove to a distance of ~200 yards away from the car being tested
3. The key fob was rested without the mobile phone to confirm it was out of range
4. A mobile phone call was established between the guys with the car and the guys with the key fob
5. While the call was still active, the key fob was operated while pointed at the mobile phone
6. The guy holding the mobile phone pointed it at the car whose key fob was being tested

Results

• Ford Edge : Fail
• Chevrolet Camaro : Fail
• Ford Mustang : Fail

Conclusion

Although we could have tried different mobile phone combinations, we concluded that it’s a myth and it aint gonna work

Check back next time when we try to take over the controls of a passenger aircraft flying overhead using some copper wire, a Mac Book Pro and a block of Bavarian smoked cheese….