Use a remote to create lazer sounds

[Proghead]

a guitar freind of mine discovered that if he takes a remote and holds it close to his pickups on his electric guitar, it will create some sort of lazer, robotic sound at a steady rythim. I'm not sure if you have to push a button on the remote while doing this..i forget about that part.
Anyway, every different remote, (TV, stereo, and i suppose DVD)creates different sounds from the pickup..
Has anyone heard about this before? its really cool to hear and would be probably useful in some pinkfloydish, space rock songs.

[glauber]

Probably EM bleed from the remote being picked up by the pickup.

[Proghead]

what is an EM?

[glauber]

electro-magnectic radiation

[Proghead]

sweet..would that be bad for the pickups?

[dillo]

only in lab rats, or with baby snakes, or in Centerville.