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- WiFi, Cancer, and Legal Liability
- WiFi, Cancer, and Legal Liabilitybluetooth aint infra-redhowdy mr. murphy,um, er, your said ..."Bluetooth (the infra-red communication standard for mobile phones)"... and that's SO wrong! [*grin*] i dang near snorted my iced tea thru my nose. it's 2.4ghz radio. lookee ...http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/Technology/Works/Compare/take care,leeRE: WiFi, Cancer, and Legal LiabilityGiven the penetration of the...
- Tags: cellular phones, wi-fi, cell phone, radiation, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-26
- Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?
- Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?hmm...what are we going to do with microwaves, wireless routers and TV & radio stations that emit in a similar spectrum?...Go in the mountains,or... in a cave?What about Bluetooth?So I hear some people saying to use headsets instead, but if they're Bluetooth,...
- Tags: federal government, cellular phones, wi-fi, industry, cell phone, fcc, bluetooth, new cell phone cancer, radiation, cell phone cancer, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Testing new transistors in space
- Northwestern University researchers have developed new transistors which are currently tested on the International Space Station ISS to see how they react to cosmic radiation. These transistors, which are using a new kind of gate dielectric material called a self-assembled nanodielectric SAND, are exposed to radiation outside the ISS since...
- Tags: silicon, northwestern university, transistor, radiation, semiconductors, hardware, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Bugs harmed by nuclear radiation?
- Bugs harmed by nuclear radiation?bugs as "canaries"Hesse-Honegger's findings are very interesting and not a bit surprising Similar work has been done on the birds around Chernobyl.It is so unfashionable in this time of the much touted "nuclear renaissance" - so unfashionable to talk about the harmful effects of "low level"...
- Tags: radiation, nuclear radiation, hesse-honegger
- Discussion threads 2008-05-25
- Bugs harmed by nuclear radiation?
- Many studies have been conducted about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown of 1986. A large majority of them were focused on the environmental consequences of the radiation release. But, as the San Diego Union-Tribune asks, what happened to bugs? Cornelia Hesse-Honegger, a scientific illustrator from Zurich, Switzerland, has collected...
- Tags: radiation, bug, sales strategy, web site development, sales, internet, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-25
- The future of the Internet (1)
- The future of the Internet (1)Re: Health risks of wirelessThe UK seems to be the first place where these concerns about wireless radiation came to light. It began with cell phones, and more recently the concern has expanded to wi-fi. There are already places where cell phones are banned. I...
- Tags: wireless lans, wi-fi, cell phone, phone, radiation, wireless, internet, video
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- T-rays used to reveal old hidden art
- U.S. engineers are collaborating with the Center for Research and Restoration at The Louvre Museum in France to use a terahertz device to find murals hidden behind plaster or paint for centuries. T-rays, or pulses of terahertz radiation, can 'illuminate penciled sketches under paintings on canvas without harming the artwork,'...
- Tags: france, university of michigan, imaging, radiation, church, document management, enterprise software, software, finance, managerial accounting, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Green power to you, Intel, Cisco and IBM!
- Green power to you, Intel, Cisco and IBM!Global warming proponents have their heads in the sand!!Let them come up here to WI, where it's -4 degrees!! Not only that...but the ice caps on Mars are melting at the same rate right now as our own polar ice...and there's noone...
- Tags: green power, cisco systems inc., ibm corp., intel corp., radiation
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- Radon is back because it never went away
- Radon is back because it never went awayPreventive measures and mitigationIt's fairly inexpensive for someone to have a venting system installed in a house as it's being built. This is highly recommended if the house has a basement and is in a radon-prone area. Aftermarket options are available, but are...
- Tags: radon, u.s. environmental protection agency, radiation
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- Is RF exposure from Wi-Fi routers hazardous to your health?
- Is RF exposure from Wi-Fi routers hazardous to your health?I don't know...Naturopaths and others think there is a link. The same debate could be said about high tention power lines too. I don't know if we will ever know the truth.All Frequencies are not equalThe whole issue is resonance... wine...
- Tags: wireless lans, vertical industries, radiation, wi-fi, health care, wi-fi router, rf exposure, tv, phone, radio, router, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2008-01-25
- Cellphones to detect dirty bombs?
- Purdue University engineers are developing a system which would use a U.S. network of cellphones to detect dirty bombs and nuclear weapons. They say that 'such a system could blanket the nation with millions of cellphones equipped with radiation sensors able to detect even light residues of radioactive material.' They...
- Tags: purdue university, phone, radiation, sensor, cell phone, bomb, cellular phones, consumer electronics, personal technology, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- When did terrorism become a green tech issue? Just now...
- When did terrorism become a green tech issue? Just now...And why not be for Nuclear plantsWe have a shortage of power and Coal produces too much crap.Nuclear energy is still cheaper and cleaner overall.Any fear will do.The anti-nuke crowd simply uses fill in the blank fear. Radiation is the...
- Tags: homeland security, green tech issue, green technology, terrorism, radiation, nuclear energy
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- UK Cell phone cancer researchers: The jury is still out. Especially for kids.
- UK Cell phone cancer researchers: The jury is still out. Especially for kids.It's like climate change...... there is loads of funding for projects to avoid climate change but no funding for projects to *disprove* climate change.Scientists and politicians then tell us that no projects exist that disprove climate change. Obviously...
- Tags: climate change, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
- Is radiation coming back for cancer treatment?
- Chemotherapy sucks.Ask any patient. Even those patients who are in remission, and thankful for chemotherapy, will tell you it's a hard way to cure cancer.Radiation, which used to be mentioned in the same breath as chemo when discussing treatment options, may be making a comeback thanks to Varian Medical Systems. The...
- Tags: java development tools, dana blankenhorn, chemotherapy, radiation, eclipse
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- (Images: New radiation warning--run for your life)
- (Images: New radiation warning--run for your life)Re: Run for your lifeSeveral years ago they tackled a similar signage problem for nuclear waste dumps. The signs would have to survive tens of thousands of years and be understandable to some future human or humanoid.I wonder how they did.:)I have...
- Tags: radiation, radiation symbol
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- Images: New radiation warning--run for your life
- The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to make it clear that it's time to panic by adding a person running and a skull and crossbones to its radiation warning symbol.
- Tags: radiation, international atomic energy agency
- Image galleries 2007-02-23
- Woman claims Wi-Fi makes her sick
- Woman claims Wi-Fi makes her sickNew age rubbish![i]"but none of them has been able to prove Wi-Fi is safe"."[/i]Yeah - and nobody has been able to prove that wearing crystals cures cancer, colds and flu nor has anyone been able to prove that lying down with a candle on either...
- Tags: wireless lans, wavelength, wi-fi, radio, cordless phone, radiation, phone
- Discussion threads 2006-11-24
- Supercomputing in space
- Many of you know that the computers sent into space are not very powerful compared to the ones we use everyday on our desks. This is because space is a pretty tough environment: computers need to be ruggedized because of cosmic radiation, and this slows their performance while increasing their...
- Tags: radiation, computer, fault-tolerance
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
- Pair wins Nobel for backing Big Bang
- Pair wins Nobel for backing Big BangI'm sure thatthey used Linux and OSS to make all that complicated calculations.One more great achievement that relied on Linux!Nimwits"The COBE results provided increased support for the Big Bang scenario for the origin of the universe, as this is the only scenario that predicts...
- Tags: big bang, radiation
- Discussion threads 2006-10-03
- Cell phone signals excite brain, study finds
- Cell phone signals excite brain, study findsEverything in excess will kill you...Even drinking water...LOLThey are finding out so many interesting things these days aren't they? First it was the fact that chocolate releases endorphins like the kind that are realeased during sex. Now cell phones do something to?...
- Tags: cellular phones, telecom & utilities, cell phone, phone, radiation
- Discussion threads 2006-06-25
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