You might have seen a series of videos burning up the Internets.
Each shows a group of friends setting their cell phones on a table, watching the kernels placed in the middle of them pop, and then yelping as if Criss Angel went "mindfreak" on them.
Here's an American-made one:
What do you think? Seems totally fake to me – right down to the reactions – and there appear to be other skeptics out there.
But I have to say the timing of these videos - I've seen three of them, each from different countries - is perfect. People are more freaked out about cell phones than ever before, thanks to a growing number of experts questioning their safety. (See: Larry King Live show on cell phones .)
It's totally fake. If a cellphone produced enough energy to pop a popcorn kernel, you would have burned your fingers badly the last time you used the phone.
Josie Huang joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram as a general-assignment reporter in June 2001. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Huang has worked at the Springfield (Mass.) Union News/Sunday Republican and freelanced at the Taiwan News.
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