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Mitchell Springer

The Precautionary Principle - A Realistic Solution to Cell Phone Radiation? - 0 views

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  • those who frequently use cell phones on a certain side of their head are 50% more likely than non-cell-phone-users to develop a tumor in the salivary gland on that side of the head.
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      people are frequently on their cell phones for many reasons and most of the time they have the cell phone on a specific side of their head without the knowledge of the radition coming from the cell phone can be harmful to their body
  • the precautionary principle suggests practices such as using a wired headset instead of a Bluetooth earpiece, and enabling the speaker function rather than holding the phone to your ear. In addition, rather than storing the cell phone in your pocket, keep the phone away from your body between calls. Paramount to the precautionary principle is to limit the use of cell phones whenever possible. Make fewer calls and make shorter ones. Choose a cell phone with low-radiation and limit children's cell phone usage, since their brain cells may be more sensitive to the effects of cell phone radiation.
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      suggested solutions are that wired headset to be used over bluetooth earpiece, placing the phone on speaker when in a call, keep the phone away form the body in between calls, give childreen cell phone that emitt low-radiation and limit their cell phone usage since their brain cells are more senstitive to the radiation effects at a young age
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  • Cell phones and other hand held devices are rapidly becoming a part of our culture. Cell phones are everywhere. They are used by 87 percent of Americans and over 4 billion people worldwide. Students in high school and now even grade school children are using cell phones to talk to each other, and text messaging has become a social norm. We are addicted to cell phones.
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      introducing cell phones to younger children can create a risk factor on their health in the future. since they would want to be more so engaged with the cell phone now that they obtain one, the radiation will spill out faster onto them and it may have a greater effect on the body than to an older person
  • New technologies are emerging to shield the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted from cell phones and other electronic devices. Certain chips can be attached to cell phones and earpieces to counteract the EMR, and special paint coated on your walls can limit EMR from adjacent apartments seeping into yours. These shields may help you if you stay behind them. Those who like to roam can wear special headbands, clothing, hats, gloves, and pendants designed to protect the wearer against radiofrequencies and EMR
    • Mitchell Springer
       
      cell phone accessories can be used to help prevent the EMR (elecrtomagnetic radiation) from being emitted from the cell phone onto the users body
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    i claim this article in the name of the father, the holy ghost, the mitchell and the springer
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    Research for Criterion D--evaluate the solution
helen g

SentinelSource.com | Archives | Wireless safety questioned - 0 views

  • — the level of radiation your cell phone sends sizzling toward your skull.
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      It's really not that most people don't know this, they just put it to the side, being that they think its really not that big of a deal. Cell phones have become such a huge neccesity in peoples lives that they ignore the health risks it may cause.
  • In issuing its rankings, the Environmental Working Group — a nonprofit advocacy group concerned mostly with health problems it associates with pollution — injects itself into a scientific controversy that has simmered for years without consensus.
    • helen g
       
      Does this meant that cell phones can cause pollution? If so I think many people including myself are unaware of this fact.
  • behavior problems in children.
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      What do they mean by behavior problems?
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  • Yet the debate goes on. One recent study in Great Britain found “no evidence that the risk of developing pituitary tumors is associated with cellular phone use.” A Swedish study published this summer did find a correlation between cell phone and cordless phone use and tumors. Yet a third piece of recent research failed to connect tumors to cell phones but said that conclusion is less convincing “because the observation period has been too short.”
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      The media doesn't want to ultimately say that there is a correlation between cell phones and brain tumors, because they will then be accountable to an extent for sales dropping in cell phones.
  • Use of a Bluetooth device — those blinking blue devices worn on the ear that connect wirelessly to a nearby cell phone — could raise or lower radiation exposure, depending on the circumstances.
    • helen g
       
      How would it decrease the radiation? A bluetooth is still an electronic device and peope actually stick it in their ear
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    This article is about the health problems some people associate with cell phones and what different people think about these risks.
Michael M

Video of purported PlayStation Phone hits Web | The Digital Home - CNET News - 0 views

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    There is supposedly a new telephone that supports the Sony game playing experience coming out, running under the Android OS, found under the website Cnet.com. The main stakeholders here are those who look forward to a gaming telephone, so basically it can run from kids to adults that look for a phone with all this phones capabilities. This development will change the life of gamers who can now take a system that can work as a psp and a phone at the same, and also an mp3 player, picture taker, and other big upgrades to the psp, play station portable. The biggest impact is the development of a new Android phone. This phone combines game play and a cell phone all in one, and the quality of game play is much higher than all phones that have come out so far, which begs questions to be asked, will the phone, which runs under Android, have problems with battery time? Will it be able to have such good game play and be able to function as a fully functional phone, without lag time? If this phone fully functions as a gaming system and a phone, then there will definitely be success to the Android Company, and Sony as well, these two companies will thrive from the money that they will make. Since the phone functions as a computer, its processor is required to be high, especially since it will be playing video games, and the RAM must also be high. The processor and RAM, or random access memory, both define the speed and capability of this cell phone/gaming system. It all comes down to the specs and the scrutiny of the stakeholders, those who will be using this cell phone
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    I liked my own work XD
Arafat Chowdhury

How Cell Phones Affect the School Environment - 0 views

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      I agree that cell phones are disruptive and distractive and schools should try to strictly enforce the use of them in schools.
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    When mobile cell phones were first released, they were only really used by the wealthy business man; the phones were so large that it was near impossible to carry them around.
Jaymee C

Solar start-up squeezes more juice from silicon cells | Green Tech - CNET News - 0 views

  • says it can produce a very efficient solar cell from silicon which will be in the market in two years.
    • Jaymee C
       
      Area of Impact: Buisness and Employment. This is because something is being advertised.
  • The Lexington, Mass.-based company on Monday plans to disclose the details of its Self-Aligned Cell (SAC) architecture, a set of technologies it has developed to convert 18 percent of sunlight to electricity with polysilicon, the most common solar cell material.
    • Jaymee C
       
      this may be good for the enviroment in the sense that there could be less batteries to be disposed of.
  • silicon solar cells
    • Jaymee C
       
      IT system= cell phones
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  • But the efficiency rating for the majority of commercially available silicon solar cells is in the 15 percent range. Panels using cells made from alternative materials, such as a combination of copper, indium, gallium, and selenide (CIGS), are lower efficiency--about 9 percent or 10 percent--but are cheaper to produce.
    • Jaymee C
       
      Social and Ethical Issuse: Reliablitiy. this is because if a product isn't efficient how can we trust it to be reliable?
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    This about the production of a silicon cell phone.
T Graham

Are cell phones safe? Researchers still uncertain | Signal Strength - CNET News - 0 views

  • The question over whether cell phones pose a health risk has been debated for years, and researchers say the final answer could still be years away.
  • The Interphone study, which began over a decade ago involving 13 countries and has been funded in part by the wireless industry, was supposed to settle the dispute. But the report's publication has been delayed as researchers disagree over how to interpret the data.
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      If the data is that unclear, that means that effects are different for different people.
  • indicates that children absorb twice as much radiation from cell phones as adults do, mostly because their faces and heads are much smaller.
    • T Graham
       
      This ia big health risk because children are pobably the most common users of cell phones.
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  • The question becomes how can you accept the epidemiologic research, if it's not plausible from a biological standpoint?"
  • There are 3 to 4 billion people using this technology throughout the world, so it's an important question to answer."
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      With this many people using this technology wouldn't it be harder to slow the problem down, because it would be too hard to keep track of al the users.
  • What is really needed is for the wireless industry to provide detailed usage information."
    • T Graham
       
      The wireless networks would not cooperate with this because they could lose money.
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    Leading scientists gathering in Washington, D.C., this week say more research is needed to once-and-for-all determine whether cell phones pose major health risks. Read this blog post by Marguerite Reardon on Signal Strength.
Kim T

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Is that cellphone kosher? - 1 views

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    The Haredi community limits their access and use of the phone and internet to protect themselves. However, this causes a separation between those who have different views on what extent the limitation should be put up to.
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    This article meets the requirements for ITGS because it mentions the three strands related to the ITGS triangle. The social and ethical significance includes the digital divide and equality of access, policies, people and machines and digital citizenship. In this article, members of the Haredi community in parts of Israel were restrained to usages of the internet and cellphones. There are a few people who do use what we consider all the normal features of the internet and cellphone but many others use "kosher" cellphones that do not allow texting, internet usage or even calling numbers that are of non-kosher cellphones. For those who use the government's internet, they have to follow the policies set up by the government's filtered internet service provider and are unable to go on many websites. Because of their limited access as well as for many youths who are given restrictions, they are on one end of the digital divide. Once they may actually have control to use the internet freely as some people may choose to do in their area, they will have to learn self control and stay within the boundaries of digital citizenship because they were not familiar to the use of IT growing up. Furthermore, the use of internet raises concern in the Haredic community and some members look down on others for using it because the internet may interfere or give them "unsafe" images against their religion, therefore relating to people and machines. All these are related to the interference for those who do business online and need access to certain websites and the government's censorship on the internet.
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    It really makes me wonder about the things that people do because of their devotion to God and religion. However, people who need it for business should be able to surf the net without having the "urge" to do anything else but do research. Filter or no filter, it's up the person to make those smart decisions and not look up anything inappropiate other than what their top priorities are for even going online. Even if filters are installed, some people who are a whiz at computers could easily use proxies or unblock any material they want. But it's all up to the person and how strong their values and beliefs are.
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    Dear Kim, All I have to say about this article is...WOW. I think that this article is very interesting . I didn't know that in order to sign up a child for school you would have to have a certain cell phone number in order to call the school or for the school to call you. The school also requires a certain cell phone. I think this is a little extreme to allow your child just attend the school. I also find it a little crazy to constrict the internet as well. If a child has a school assignment based on something not found in that service package, they would have to go to very far lengths to do the assignment.
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    Wow this is amazing. I have never heard of such a thing, and it intrigues me that there is such a thing as phone's influenced by RELIGION. It's new and strange to me because I can't believe a religion would take it as far as making phones with such restrictions. It intrigues me though, and it makes me very curious as to how the restrictions so many things have on childrens lives will affect them. Will they grow up like any other child or will they come out different and strange?
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    Wow, this is simply the most fascinating article I have ever read. It's interesting how the Haredi community isolates themselves from the use of technology. But of course, as times modernize, it's important to be in contact for safety reasons. This kosher cellphone is quite unique, only for the kosher stamp found in foods as well, because it's basically a smaller cellphone version of the ones that first came out. But this community surprisingly reminds me of the Amish, how they choose not to use any technology, the only difference being that Amish don't use electricity at all, where the people of the Haredi community do. But I don't think it's easy living without technology these days, now that everything is going to involve technology in the future. Like the Shift Happens Video: Did You Know 3.0 "We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist...using technologies that haven't been invented...in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet."
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    This is a very interesting article, I am still shock how religion still influences some people today. It is even more shocking because in the article that I picked, the situation was exactly opposite. People and governments were demanding equality of access. I am shocked at this people are voluntarily limiting themselves from the rest of the world. I wonder in this ever evolving digital age will these traditions last for much longer?
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    This article exemplifies the impact that technological integration has had on the preservation of traditional customs and morality from the Jewish perspective. Interestingly technology in this case also defines a person for the strength of his or her religious commitment, for example: if one does not have a "kosher phone", then he is not to be admitted into Jewish society because he is ultimately characterized as being immodest and immoral. Restraining one's self from the magnetism of the internet and the dangers it also possesses is illustrated once one takes certain measures to signify the act of taking a stand to secure the sacredness of religion and customs. But once I began thinking about this concept, I started to change my mind gradually. I believe that yes, technology is a potential threat to one's "beliefs", but it only becomes a problem once the user allows such practices to get out of hand. We come back to the same idea: technology has become a label, something that defines us superficially in the minds of others. Just because one may not have a kosher phone, does not have to mean that that person is sending inappropriate texts to another cell phone user. Our bond of trust and reliability upon others is destroyed once we enter the position of forming inconclusive judgements based on the type of technology used and the limitations it draws.
Madeline Brownstone

The results are in... and you're going to be fine - The Boston Globe - 0 views

  • George Whitesides, a Harvard University chemist who coauthored a paper in the journal Analytical Chemistry this month in which the simple camera phone turns diagnostic tool. "The problem, particularly in the developing world and at rural clinics in the United States, is you don't have enough people - you can't have a trained doctor travel 200 miles to do a simple test."
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      look this article up
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    good article for cell phones in health
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    good article for cell phones in health
Arafat Chowdhury

The Phone Beckons - Got Game? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

    • Arafat Chowdhury
       
      Its interesting how a person can get addicted to a phone through games on the phone especially who is inexperienced with games.
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    This about the cell phone black berry where it affects people and get them even addicted to it through a game.
Baris T

Texas man claims Droid 2 exploded in his ear | Electronista - 1 views

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    This specific article pertains to a health issue regarding a cellular phone. The specific stakeholders here are Verizon and this man whom allegedly had his phone blow up while using it, injuring his ear. He has suffered no hearing problems, but Verizon will be held at a legal case against this, or so the man, named Embry, says. This relates to health considerations, because the main problem here is that a man got injured and this was not good. This telephone was an Android Verizon Phone, one of the latest phones out. The cause to this problem is unknown, but Verizon will definitely have a lawsuit against them, since this was a threat to safety, and looking at the photo, you can tell that this mans ear was injured. This could also be fraud, a way for a man to make money off of a company by faking an injury. The battery to the phone remains unaffected, which begs the question of what possibly could have set the explosion to this screen, if anything? It isn't something we can know at the moment, but the investigation will definitely give answers. Is any user of a cell phone safe if the top notch cell phone that just came out exploded? This could be a danger to many people, not only just Embry, who might have been lucky to survive the encounter.
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    This is not a news source. Stick to vetted newspapers or very reputable bloggers who are considered journalists.
Madeline Brownstone

EU to Allow Cell-Phone Use on Airplanes - Science News | Science & Technology | Technol... - 1 views

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    Airlines and EU officials said the security risk will be minimized because the system will not connect inflight phones directly to the ground - instead using an onboard base station to link up to a satellite and then to ground networks. "It has to go through a central onboard cellular network that can be switched off by the captain at any moment, so that enhances the security of the passengers," said EU spokesman Martin Selmayr. He added that for safety and security concerns the phone services will not be available during takeoff, landing or during turbulence.
sarah d

Technologies - Cell-phone college classes face hurdles - 0 views

  • campus technology officials expect most college course material soon will be accessible on mobile devices
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      This relates to teh area of impact, education. If courses can be taken via cell phones, education will be very different.
  • courses via cell phone
    • sarah d
       
      This phrase tells us that cell phones are the IT system being discussed in this article.
Madeline Brownstone

SOME SOFTWARE CAN TURN MOBILE DEVICES INTO TOOLS OF ESPIONAGE, HARASSMENT | Media & Tel... - 0 views

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    "Sneaky people and technology can turn your cell phone against you. Cell phone spyware makes it easy for someone to eavesdrop on your conversations, intercept text messages and identify your location. And you may never know it's happening, experts say."
T Graham

PIA Information Services - Philippine Information Agency - 0 views

  • SM, NOKIA partner for cellphone waste collection
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      This is an interesting topic because the actual cell phone providers are helping to recycle their own products. Usually it's a private group or organization.
  • promote promise of electronic recycling.
    • T Graham
       
      Promotion is the key because it educates large numbers of people, making it easier to enforce the movement. Promotion from large companies makes it eaiser to reach the stakeholders.
  • She said this activity is in support to the earlier tie up of SM Supermalls where collaboration was made with concerned institutions and entities last September 2007
    • T Graham
       
      With the large coporations and the concerned private groups joining together they will make a bigger difference. The coporations can easily pitch recycling ideas to their costumers and the organizations will provide information and ideas.
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  • "This we can say that SM is no longer just a business enterprise but is a partner in helping the environment," she added.
    • T Graham
       
      This is where business and environment fuse together, to create an extremely helpful supercause. The business is not just making money its making money and saving the environment.
  • As we use, lose, abuse, and eventually upgrade our electronic tools we are leaving behind a massive transistor-filled leftover known as e-Waste. Thousands of mobile phones and all its accessories goes along with other e-Waste
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      E-waste can affect our water, air and soil. The waste that comes from cell phones can also takes hndreds of years to completely disentegrate.
Jaymee C

Mobile phone safety. The real truth about the hazards explained for the layman. - 0 views

  • "...with medical science indicating increased risks of tumors, cancer, genetic damage and other health problems from the use of cellphones, the government and the cellphone industry have abandoned the public."
  • he changed his opinion in the face of accumulating evidence about the dangers and wrote a book about it.
  • A scientist who maintains that mobile phones are safe to use is either corrupt or seriously incompetent.
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  • Furthermore, the data may have been faked so as to suit the intersts of the sponsor. In other cases there may be a hidden influence (read corruption) from the industry.
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    health issues from cell phone usage
Mitchell Springer

Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep - Health News, Health & Families - The Indepen... - 0 views

  • "making people more alert and more focused, and decreasing their ability to wind down and fall asleep"
  • reporting symptoms such as headaches and impaired cognitive function from mobile phone use. But they proved to be unable to tell if they had been exposed to the radiation in the test.
  • For they show that the radiation did have an effect, even though people could not tell when they were exposed.
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  • Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep,
  • Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep, and causes headaches and confusion, according to a new study.
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    I, Mitchell S., claim this article as my lead article for portfolio 1
T Graham

AFP: Taiwan unveils hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers - 0 views

  • Taiwanese researchers said Friday they have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers
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      Hydrogen is a natural resource, it can be used over and over again. Hydrogen also doesn't give off any pollution in the air or give off any toxic waste.
  • "We will continue to improve the invention. We hope the hydrogen-powered device can replace current cell phone recharge systems in 2012."
    • T Graham
       
      Do they mean for all people who use cellphones, or just the users in Taiwan?
  • The charger will be key to the Taiwan government's endeavour of carving out a space for itself in future energy generation
    • T Graham
       
      Taiwan is mixing this technological move with its business endeavors and profit potential. This is mix of business and employment and environment.
Madeline Brownstone

Telecom: Tools connecting the world and communicating about HIV - 0 views

  • The explosion of mobile technology presents a great opportunity to scale up the AIDS response in poor countries.
  • hrough mobile technology, the millions of people in developing countries who had been left behind by the digital divide are now able to access health information and healthcare services at their fingertips. Mobile phones are being used as low-cost tools for HIV testing, data collection, epidemic tracking, and training of health workers, HIV prevention and treatment support.
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    Through mobile technology, the millions of people in developing countries who had been left behind by the digital divide are now able to access health information and healthcare services at their fingertips. Mobile phones are being used as low-cost tools for HIV testing, data collection, epidemic tracking, and training of health workers, HIV prevention and treatment support.
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    Through mobile technology, the millions of people in developing countries who had been left behind by the digital divide are now able to access health information and healthcare services at their fingertips. Mobile phones are being used as low-cost tools for HIV testing, data collection, epidemic tracking, and training of health workers, HIV prevention and treatment support.
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