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The History of the Videophone In Sci-Fi
bejiitas_wrath writes "Ars Technica has an interesting story about the history of the videophone in Science Fiction. Star Trek has always depicted the video calling when hailing ships and planets, but even the 1935 movie The Tunnel depicted video calling from one continent to another and even video calling from airplanes! And huge public video screens showing the news and current events. Now we can use Skype to call one another over the Internet and video call with mobile `phones, but the video quality is nowhere near the quality shown in the film 2001 or the aforementioned Transatlantic Tunnel film."
The radiation coming from video displays has been proven to cause cancers and other health issues.
A few years ago in the Journal of Chiropractic Research there was a letter from a chiro who noticed an interesting trend: many of his patients who suffered from the worst cases of back pain and other maladies worked at places like Best Buy and Circuit City. Places where row upon row of TVs glow all day long, flooding the area with radiation. Also remember those types of big-box buildings are made with reinforced cement and metal facing. The radiation can't escape and fills up to the ceiling, filling the place like a pool of inescapable electromagnetic radiation. The poor workers inside are marinating in this toxicity all day.
So, if we're to be using videophones and video chat (like Facetime), the increase of people suffering from vertebral subluxations is certain to increase. Rather than using a videophone to call your neighbor, why not just walk over and chat face to face? A nice talk over a cup of organic, free-trade coffee with organic milk is certainly more social than looking at a screen! Not to mention all the radiation you'll be avoiding.
Take care,
Bob
Chiropractic Saves Lives!