"If your cellphone loses its battery charge too quickly while idle in your pocket, part of the problem may be that your pocket is too warm.""Suppose your remote car door opener does not have the range to reach your car across the parking lot. Hold the metal key part of your key fob against your chin, then push the unlock button. The trick turns your head into an antenna, says Tim Pozar, a Silicon Valley radio engineer." [ told me this once].
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in Japan, this is known as urawaza
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