How do I make the robot see me?

[Ergates]

sends a signal to the brain which in turn sends Negative energy to heal the site. Bio Negative Magnetic energy is simply an amplified form of the body's natural electrical healing energy.

Awooga Awooga, pseudoscience bull**** alert, maximum strength.

There are a number of alternative "therapies" that use magnets for healing. There is no evidence that any of them work (i.e. they don't).

There have been some studies that suggest that long term exposure to powerful electromagnetic fields might cause some DNA damage. But so does exposure to sunlight. And natural background radiation. And getting old.

The earth has a magetic field, MRI scanners have immensely powerful magetic fields, all electrical appliances emit magnetic fields.

So I think it's fairly safe to say that a couple of rare earth magnets strapped to a bike wouldn't cause anyone any harm*.

Unless you're a robot. Or a pigeon.



* No idea if it'd trigger the traffic lights either mind....

 

[the_mikey]

Road 'loop' sensors, which are the 'wires in the road' method of sensing cars sense bits of metal, the larger the footprint the better, these sensors often don't sense motorcycles either. If you have one of these loops in the road, and there's no cars around, dismount from your bike, and lay the bike across the sensor nearest the light. This gives the sensor the best chance of sensing your bike, although it has to be said, it's definately worth writing a letter to the council, as you shouldn't have to know about how to trigger the sensor, and you shouldn't have to be a rlj either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_loop

 

[fossyant]

Jump off bike and sprint over the bridge then - bit of cross training !

 

[jonny jeez]

Or a pigeon.

Are pigeon's magnetic then?

the things you learn on a cycling site!! Perhaps, we could place a massive electro-magnet on the top of nelsons column, that would save a fortune on hawks, raptors and the like

 

[Jezston]

Not sure of the long term health effects of a giant magnet though, i am no health expert mind

We are on top of a far more powerful magnet our entire lives.

 

[siadwell]

This article ([url="http://www.humantransport.org/bicycledriving/library/signals/green.htm"]http://www.humantran...gnals/green.htm[/url]) contradicts the theory that inductive loop sensors will only detect steel bikes and gives advice how to position your bike to maximize the likelihood that a sensor will detect it.

 

[magnatom]

e answer is: Not when used correctly. But if used incorrectly, magnetism can further stress a site (muscle, joint, bone, nerve) already stressed. It is a very specific science and must be applied correctly. In basic physiology, (Dr. Robert Becker, The Body Electric) it has been found that a traumatized site immediately sends a signal to the brain which in turn sends Negative energy to heal the site. Bio Negative Magnetic energy is simply an amplified form of the body's natural electrical healing energy.When Bio-North Negative energy is applied on the Negative Polarity of the site, the energy supports and increases the body's ability to reduce swelling and pain. Positive [Bio-South] energy creates acidity in the blood and increases the same charges as free radicals. Using Negative field energy has been shown to help and normalize the alkaline/acidity balances where applicable. It has been found that the Positive field is useful in specialized circuits and sparingly used in normalizing hypo [slow reacting] organ/glands.

The proper magnetic field, the proper energy, and the proper placement are critical for correctly increasing the electromotive energy of the distressed tissue at the problem site (such as carpel or tendonitis). The use of both polar fields in a device such as a necklace or bracelet or multi-polar pads for joint application has been found to give out the wrong energy and/or a lack of the proper energy to support normalization of health and is against the scientific findings and measurement of electromotive pathways in the body.

Warning - there are bi-polar and multi-polar pads that are sold for pain relief. Scientifically, when both poles are together, the field emitted will have a 7-14% aggregate of bio south positive energy since it is the expanding pole. Positive energy is the body's weakened energy from trauma or stress. The bi-polar or multi-polar pad's Positive energy works against acquiring the proper negative energy potential.

Waits for a medical professional to give me a good "correcting "

I haven't even bothered to read the detail. As soon as you see the words 'negative energy' especially used with the word Bio, you can be 100% certain that the associated text is utter, utter poppycock.

I do have a teensy wee bit of background in this, as I work with MRI scanners (VERY strong magentic fields). I have never felt stressed, destressed, whatever when in the scanner room.

Interestingly, coming back to real science, I do suffer from a bio effect from the magnetic field. (Not negative energy I'm afraid). If I move my head too quickly next to our 3T magnet (very VERY strong magnetic field) I get a little dizzy and a slightly metallic taste in my mouth. All perfectly explainable using REAL science!

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Its hard to tell from google but that does look to be an inductive loop in the tarmac (the black parallelogram that runs of at an angle from the stop line with another black line from it top left, in this picture corner).

Yip, that's it. I've had issues with some of these not detecting my bike before, and you need to write to the council to get them to change the sensitivity on the sensor. I believe you are legally allowed to skip the light if it's not working (which it isn't, for you) but as you've said there's a chance of squished-cyclist so I'd avoid that if I were you!

 

[cyberknight]

I haven't even bothered to read the detail. As soon as you see the words 'negative energy' especially used with the word Bio, you can be 100% certain that the associated text is utter, utter poppycock.

I do have a teensy wee bit of background in this, as I work with MRI scanners (VERY strong magentic fields). I have never felt stressed, destressed, whatever when in the scanner room.

Interestingly, coming back to real science, I do suffer from a bio effect from the magnetic field. (Not negative energy I'm afraid). If I move my head too quickly next to our 3T magnet (very VERY strong magnetic field) I get a little dizzy and a slightly metallic taste in my mouth. All perfectly explainable using REAL science!

I am not swayed either way by current studies, i only posted to make one side of the argument available for others to counter with other data, as i said i am not a medical professional and expected "proper" people to make posts.I just felt that it needed to be raised as a point of discussion when considering strapping magnets onto you bike.

 

[psmiffy]

A friend of mine wrote to the council about one particular light that did not detect him and his bike - they wrote back to say that they had recalibrated it but if he was still having problems that he he should dismount and lay his bike down over the loops

 

[davefb]

A friend of mine wrote to the council about one particular light that did not detect him and his bike - they wrote back to say that they had recalibrated it but if he was still having problems that he he should dismount and lay his bike down over the loops

Makes note to remember this for rlj conversations.

Never heard something so incredible ever ! I have to admit I just thought lights just changed the 'timing' via detection like this on the assumption that detection wasn't 100%...

Do they really expect people to do this? Not like it's in the highway code

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Jump off bike and sprint over the bridge then - bit of cross training !

Jump off bike, sprint TO the bridge, jump in and swim across

Triathlon!

 

[Ranger]

Jump off bike, sprint TO the bridge, jump in and swim across

Triathlon!

In these shoes???

 

[SavageHoutkop]

A friend of mine wrote to the council about one particular light that did not detect him and his bike - they wrote back to say that they had recalibrated it but if he was still having problems that he he should dismount and lay his bike down over the loops

ha ha! I'd like to see the 'cyclists dismount' sign for that junction...

 

[Arfcollins]

I am not swayed either way by current studies, i only posted to make one side of the argument available for others to counter with other data, as i said i am not a medical professional and expected "proper" people to make posts.I just felt that it needed to be raised as a point of discussion when considering strapping magnets onto you bike.

Quite right, it's important that all possible factors are taken into account.

I can see, MossCommuter, that the Feng Shui at this crossing is not favourable. To quote The Book of Burial - "Qi rides the wind and scatters, but is retained when encountering water." The bridge will be crossing an ancient waterway and I can see it is almost due south of the lights. Without the necessary energies this explains your "retention" at the lights. Go to the Google street view and look to the left at number 150. The owner has chosen a feng shui combination of diamonds and arrows, but the arrows point at each other, cancelling their inherent movement. You will need to get the owner to saw off the bottoms of each of his window shutters, thus directing the energies into the ground and onward into your tyres, then you will be able to "ride and scatter". You might also suggest he fits some purple drapes as this will swing the prevailing wind to your advantage.

Happy crossing!

MossCommuter