Barry Lennox

Barry Lennox worked part-time in the “wireless” and the then-new TV industries before joining the RNZAF as an Air Radio mechanic, and worked his way up the ranks to become the Avionics advisor to Air Staff. He then left the RNZAF and worked for a while in the top secret world of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB). Barry spent many years on the NZ Skeptics committee.

EMF WooWoo

28 April 2025

The last newsletter held an especially interesting topic for me; “EMF”, as I have many years of practice in this field.

Shungite for EMF protection!

6 November 2023

In the past few months I've been watching a website that makes some quite extraordinary claims, at least in my opinion. It's immersioncosmetics.co.nz What has really piqued my interest is a new product recently advertised. It's Shungite, a relatively rare black stone with fairly high carbon content, usually 30-95% but often with many impurities and fullerenes, a spherical carbon molecule usually known as buckyballs. It was originally discovered in Shunga, in the Karelia region of Russia, but is more widespread than that,

Recharging Disposable Batteries

9 January 2023

It was a relatively well known practice in WW2 (and possibly before) that if your torch/flashlight battery was getting a little flat, a few quick touches to a vehicle battery would restore a fair bit of charge. This information became more public knowledge in the UK, post WW2 when times were tough, and a number of articles were published on it. I cannot now find any, but the earliest article I have read was a 1953 one in "Wireless World" by R W Hallows with some designs and an analysis of these simple methods.

Christchurch Home Show

12 July 2021

Last weekend I visited the Home Show in Christchurch. All the usual suspects were there, Bioptron, Shuzi and the Magnetic and Titanium healer. This was surprising as I had scanned the exhibitor list in the morning and they did not appear. So I suspect they are on some hidden/covert/backdoor list.