Wi-Fi is a blessing for remote working but is it bad for your health? This is what the UK government is setting out to find out through the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
The HPA is about to conduct even more research into whether or not low-power electromagnetic fields are messing with your insides. Now that mobile phones have been found to be safe – at least until the next survey – Wi-Fi is next on the list. According to Professor Pat Troop, Chief Executive of the Health Protection Agency:
“There is no scientific evidence to date that WiFi and WLANs adversely affect the health of the general population. The signals are very low power, typically 0.1 watt (100 milliwatts) in both the computer and the router (access point) and the results so far show exposures are well within ICNIRP guidelines.
Given this, there is no particular reason why schools and others should not continue to use WiFi or other wireless networks. However there has not been extensive research into what people's exposures actually are to this new technology and that is why we are initiating this new programme of research and analyses. We have good scientific reasons to expect the results to be re-assuring and we will publish our findings.”
The results will be published – probably early next year - on the HPA site.-Martin Lynch
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Just 25 years after E.T. The Extra Terrestrial had kids entranced in cinemas, the little green cross-dresser is coming to a mobile phone near you.
Ojom, makers of games for mobile phones, has announced E.T. the game, an old skool arcade-style adventure where you get to re-enact most of the movie’s keys scenes through 42 mini-games.
The overall goal is to collect all the bits needed to build a machine for him to call home. On the way though, you too will have to lure the frightened alien into the house using sweets, dress him up as a lady, hide him among Gerti’s teddies and escape the Men In Black on your trusty BMX.
Graphically, it’s nothing to phone home about [sorry] but it’s colourful and bound to be so much more entertaining than Snake III and Canal Control.-Martin Lynch
[Ojom]
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Bose has launched its latest iPod accessory – the SoundDock Portable – a portable speaker system offering three hours of wire-free music at maximum volume from a single battery charge.
Those who don’t like their ears bleeding while listening to their tunes can opt for a low-power mode and squeeze a few more hours out of it. Forget any design overhaul from the original one, since it’s essentially just a skinnier version but Bose says the acoustic electronics are an all-new design.
It’s compatible with most iPods and there’s an slim infra-red control for remote operation. There’s a carry-handle for carting it about the dock revolves until it is flush with the speaker panel for protection during transit.
At £279, the new SoundDock Portable is at the luxury end of iPod docks although you’ll still be able to get the original one for £199.-Martin Lynch
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Now that Al Gore has snapped up a Nobel Peace Prize, he’s probably wanting to celebrate. Knowing Earth’s new green ambassador, he’s probably passing on the beer and using one of these: the Global Warming Mug.
If you ever feel your green ethics slipping a little – maybe you bought non-Fairtrade coffee this week – then just make your brew in this and, as the cup warms up, you can see the effects of climate change before your very eyes.
Watch Florida get swamped by the Atlantic [makes a change from it being blown away in hurricanes]. Guffaw loudly as valuable California real-estate imitates Atlantis and look on in horror as Central America drowns to become just a few islands.
Yes, this mug really is that environMENTAL. Yours for £6.50 here.-Martin Lynch
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