Cell Phone Signals Can Be Blocked With Nano Paint
It’s no secret that many theatre owners have been considering blocking cell phone signals as a way to prevent interruptions and to enhance the movie-going experience for people. The problem is that jamming radio frequencies is an illegal act, and thus would require some change in legislation in order for it to be viable. Well now it appears that a company called NaturalNano has come up with a legal solution for blocking signals. How is it done? With a special high-tech paint that contains copper nanotubes. Needless to say, cell phone providers are none to pleased about this technology, and insist that certain emergency phone calls need to get through. NaturalNano claims to use a radio filter device that will allow certain types of emergency signals through the shielding. It certainly sounds like an elegant solution to the problem, time will tell how successful it is. Schools and churches are other places we can expect this type of cell phone blocking to be used in the near future.
Comments (6)
I think it is a step in the right direction, other than banning cellphone use totally.
However, the stigma is that one “important” call that may come through, but those are 1 in a 100.
Posted by Bassmasta-Baychuk on April 10th, 2006Like a coworker of mine said on the topic, “what did they do before cell phones?”
If someone needs to get in touch, they can call a land line.
Posted by Alicia on April 10th, 2006Yeah, or whatever happened to pagers… do those things still exist? Although they’d still need to be set on vibrate of course.
Posted by Sean on April 10th, 2006Of course somebody would have to set it on “vibrate” in the first place.
I’m not familiar with cell phones as I don’t use one, but I know some people purposley let their phones ring even in lecture. Why is that? Do they actually “forget” to turn it off, or do they like to announce to all that they own a cell phone?
Posted by Bassmasta-Baychuk on April 11th, 2006it’s the culture now – no need to bite the hand that feeds you – youth are the regulars at the movies, so the last thing you wanna do is make their experience uncomfortable by taking away their phone service.
Movies are NOT the most important thing in the world – and, hey, if I wanna leave the movie to talk to my friend who is having drama with his girl, then why not?
It demonstrates a person’s desire for social interaction versus sitting dormant in front of a big screen.
Posted by Leo on April 12th, 2006However, Leo, the movie theatre is not a place to socialize, nor is it a place to disturb others who actually want to see the movie.
Today’s youth feel they don’t have to possess social ettiquette. This cell phone ban issue must have originated where a group of theatre goers who “had enough!”.
I don’t blame them.
Posted by Bassmasta-Baychuk on April 12th, 2006Leave a Reply