At last–Something other than bad news about cell phones: An "app" on your iphone can diagnose whether or not you have cancer and is 100% accurate! In Japan, where almost everyone owns a sophisticated phone, this could be a big relief for people who have been exposed to radiation from the power plant meltdown. And the Chinese may have found a medicine to cure this dread disease.
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Scientists have discovered that cell phone radiation "excites" the brain– Just 50 minutes of cell phone radiation significantly affects brain function and metabolism of glucose (the brain’s main fuel) in those parts of the brain that receive the most cell phone radiation. This is an important clue about the ways that cell phone radiation can alter the brain and also shows why it is appropriate to take special precautions with cell phones today.
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You can teach your computer lots of things, but what can you teach your phone? We can now send people words, images and videos on our iphones–what if we could send them a moving, 3-D representation? And researchers at Fermilab are building a device that will prove that the 3-D universe we THINK we live in is nothing but a hologram. This texting is more than just fun, there’s a serious side to it as well.
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If you plan on asking Santa for a new cell phone, but aren’t sure you’ll get one, turn your old phone into an iphone instead! Input Dynamics has developed software which can tell you where to tap on a cell phone screen tell exactly to tap on it to activate its various functions. In BBC News, Dave Lee quotes researcher Simon Godshill as saying, "We’re trying to replace touchscreen capability on a mobile phone with something that’s a much cheaper option. Many people are restricted in their use of internet and apps because they don’t have touchscreen phones, but our technology can make touchscreen functionality available to all feature phones. We are also very excited about the opportunity to make whole handsets touch sensitive.read more