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		blrgeek on Feb 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure f... Faraday's cage needs to be made of highly conductive material, like sheet metal, or metal wire. Bone is quite resistive, and would be quite transparent to electricity. Second, blood (salts/water) makes for a nice conductor.

Tichy on Feb 6, 2012 [–]

Yeah I thought that maybe the bone of the skull insulates, but it is covered in blood vessels that form the cage.

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