It was a fellow in Colorado Springs who had a newsletter on energy which
was in favor of nuke power plants. To do this well, the microwaves
needed to be in the millimeter range to only heat the skin surface. A
concern of mine is that some tissue might be sensitive to such
radiation, for example the cornea.
> Maybe your tent could use a similar idea, positioning a few microwave
> radiators around the interior, aimed at your body, to keep you warm without
> trying to heat air and keep a thermal gradient at the thing tent boundary.
Two problems here:
1. Compact electrical power source & storage with low mass. Perhaps a
fuel cell.
2. Where you lie down on the ground won't get heated. It would take a
thick air mattress, say 10" or more to fix this.
Also, if you have a source of electrical power, just wire a heating
blanket into the sleeping bag... forget the microwaves.
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