cpaul[SMTP:inc@fastmedia.net]

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On Thursday, November 1, 2001, at 07:12 PM, cpaul wrote:

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aluminum foil?

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http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/tech/heatison.jsp

Microwave beam weapon to disperse crowds

i've been following the development of this skin heating device for a while, and am keen to learn if there may be an effective means to counter its use.

the new scientist article suggests that the cornea is not as resilient as skin when it comes to being bombarded with microwaves, hence i seek opinions on how one might protect oneself.

if asking such is inane then i guess i should ask to have my final request.

Leather or wet clothes may shield most of the body. A wild guess to protect the eyes would be something that puts a transparent conductive material over them - mirror sunglasses, the mylar glasses used for eclipse observations (though you could not see anything else through them :-(), or the conductive, mostly transparent plastic material which is used to package static sensitive electronic components. Another possibility is to make goggles out of metal flyscreen - since the wavelength is 3mm, it's doubtful that they can penetrate. Chain mail would also work for the body. Peter