Davidc
Guru
- Location
- Somerset UK
fossyant said:My ex-clubmate used to work for Philips on the Microwave technology - (not the ovens - comms) - but they used to warm up their lunch near equipment....
the story of the origin of the microwave oven isn't much better. The person who took out the patent had been an engineer at the first high powered microwave radar station, on the east coast somewhwere, towards the end of WW2. The tale is that they accidentally killed and part cooked some local sheep, which gave him the idea.
After that, 'tis said, tight restrictions were placed on access to the area in front of the beam...... And we worry about mobile 'phones!