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3G Waves Causes Headaches, Sharpens Memory
jonknee writes "MobileTracker noted that an interesting study on 3G cellular networks has been released out of Amsterdam. The findings were that exposure to 3G waves can cause headaches and nausea (conventional cellular service doesn't have these effects). It also found that those same subjects had better memory and reaction times (conventional cellular networks have the same effect)!"
Next time I have to take a test, I'll carry an old motorola briefcase phone with me and Make sure it is sending and recieving.
Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed
It also found that those same subjects had better memory and reaction times (conventional cellular networks have the same effect)!"
Now if I could only remember I left my cell phone...
Trolling is a art,
It looks like the idea that using a cell phone is detrimental to driving performance is faulty. Since Reaction times are dramatically improved, I expect that within a few years you will be required to use a cell phone while driving.
Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed
Obviously the writer of this article has never dealt with Verizon (or many other telecomm companies).
"Windows are for cheaters" - Bruce Springsteen
Is yet another symptom of "3g" the munchies?
Hmmm, that's interesting, one would thing the residual IRQ going over the PCI would cancel out the WTF that allows people to RTFM, that being the primary cause of people wondering what the heck others just said.
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
http://www.tno.nl/nieuws/archief/documenten/tno_fe l_report_03148mu.pdf
TNO is the Dutch equivalent of the German TUV if I'm not mistaken. A very respected institute in the Netherlands
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Sounds like the movie Phenomenon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117333/) to me... great powers and whatnot, but then you only get laid once and die of a brain tumor... no thanks.
Yes, you see, it is true the brain is like a herd of buffalo.
You see, a herd of buffalo can only move as fast as its slowest members. When those members are killed the entire herd moves faster. So when (alcohol, 3G RF, other substances) kill off the slower brain cells the entire brain operates more efficiently!
Speaking realistically, however, I occasionally have the opportunity to visit a building roof mounted cell site and when I do I always come away with a very dull headache. This is an 800 MHz primarily but there is some 1900 MHz there too.
Cell phone *sharpens* the senses? Seems just a little crazy to me.
Heating the brain a little is how it does it. Some of the body's subsystems work more efficiently when warmer than normal operating temperature (that's what a fever is: your body optimizing for fighting infection). Unfortunately, the optimal temperature is not the same for every subsystem, which is why the normal overall blood temperature is 37C. And there's no feedback between the subsystems: to fight infection, your immune system doesn't care if it damages your brain - that's why we cool the heads of people with fevers. So while one part of your brain may work better when a little warmer, there's no telling what the long term effects might be on other parts.