amatechaMar 2025Recommends
Probably also worth watching a related video from the same channel: "Defeating Microwave Weapons! - Part 1" ▶ this video
in “Military grade sonic weapon is used against protesters in Serbia” · View on HN
Defeating Microwave Weapons! - Part 1
Defeating Microwave Weapons! - Part 1 on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2022–2025.
Tech Ingredients
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Tech Ingredients demonstrates how microwaves work and how they affect objects at range, then shows ways to defend against them. It includes a correction about rectifier output frequency.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters recommend it as a practical explanation of microwave hazards and shielding, and of using microwave ovens safely without an enclosure.
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“made an instructional video about how microwaves work and how to defend against them”
What HN commenters said
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
NavinFSep 2023Recommends
At the power levels we're talking about (5W)? Of course I would. The effects are well known: It heats your hands up at 5 joules per second. Incidentally, Tech Ingredients has a great video on using microwave ovens without an enclosure and how to block similar directed energy weapons that use a lot more than 5W: ▶ this video
in “French regulators order Apple to halt sales of the iPhone 12” · View on HN
silent_speechApr 2022Cites it
If your device is hacked at the firmware level, it can be turned into a microwave weapon and used against you. (My hypothesis of the cause of Havana Syndrome: hacked cell transmitters beaming microwave at targets.) Tech Ingredients (YouTube creator) made an instructional video about how microwaves work and how to defend against them: " ▶ this video ".
in “Don’t Cook Yourself with RF Energy” · View on HN
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Electronics & circuit designEveryday physics & science demosMilitary history & warfaremicrowavesrf energyshieldingdirected energyelectronics