Magnetic Wood Blocks Mobile Phone Signals

(Mis)Uses of Technology

from the and-how-well-does-it-burn? dept

Joe Schmoe writes “Magnetic wood could be a major plank in the battle against noisy cellphone users. The high-tech material absorbs microwave radio signals, making it impossible to use a mobile phone in any room lined with it. Or a radio for that matter. So theatres and restaurants, for example, can stop people using cellphones on their premises without resorting to signal jammers…”