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[โ€“] 128 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (34 children)

Your car keys have better range if you press them to your head, since your skull will act as an antenna. It sounds like some made up pseudoscience that would never work in practice or have a negligible effect, but it actually works.

Edit: idk if it's actually because your skull acts as an antenna, although that's what I've heard. I looked it up and it seems like it's your head acting as a reasonance chamber. Since your body is conductive, your head can bounce and amplify the radio signal.

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  • [โ€“] 50 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    It works best if you hold the fob under your chin and open your mouth in the direction you're aiming!

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  • [โ€“] 75 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I swear these comments look more and more like a ploy to make me look stupid in public

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  • [โ€“] 26 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    For maximum effectiveness, open your mouth and make a "BONG" noise. It's literally the same technology as a radar detector.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Also works better if you spread your arms and hold the fob with your chin

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  • [โ€“] 34 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    On one side you have people that think 5g causes cancer. On the other, you have people directly beaming shit into their skulls to open their cars from a couple extra feet away.

    Wild

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  • [โ€“] 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    To be fair, radio waves have been everywhere for over a hundred years now. Plus, it's just low-frequency light. It's no different (probably safer even) than shining a flashlight at your head.

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  • [โ€“] 13 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Your skull acts as an antenna

    How?

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  • [โ€“] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Iโ€™ve read two takes on this before:

    1. The cavity of your head helps project the signal to your car

    2. The water molecules in your head amplify the radio waves to reach your car

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    There is absolutely no way this is true. I need to see some evidence to believe this. (I work as a wireless technician)

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    It's true, but not because your skull acts like an antenna. It's because the signal is being reflected by the skull. You can actually just try it out, the range of your car keys will extend when you hold them to your chin.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I doubt enough signal reflect of off your very radio wave observing skull to make much of a difference at all, it's most likely a placebo effect and the real reason it extends the range is because you are holding the key fob higher, so it has a better LOS with less obstructions, and it has a better chance to bounce waves off of the very reflective concrete on the ground up to the sensor of your car.

    Organic materials are absolute crap at reflecting wireless signals, they are much better at absorbing and scattering them.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Let us know what you think after you try it!

    Science is cool.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Alright well unfortunately I can't really test it because the key fob for my car is hit or miss even when I'm right next to it.

    I would love if someone can post some evidence, literally any evidence I will watch and take in. I have a scientific mindset, no problem being proven wrong, I'm very much open to new information but I need to see some evidence.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    The first time I heard about this was in reference to garage door remotes.

    If your remote was too far away, you placed the remote under your chin pointing to your skull to amplify the signal using your head.

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