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High School Students and UPenn Professor Build Radio Telescope in West Philadelphia

 

This past summer, as part of UPenn’s Summer Science Academy Program, 12 high school students along with James Aguirre, associate professor in the School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Physics and Astronomy, turned an out-of-service TV satellite dish on the roof of the Enterprise Center in West Philadelphia into a 30-foot radio telescope. The telescope has been given the … [Read more...]

First U.S. Public School District Limits Wi-Fi Radiation Exposure

 

Ashland, Massachusetts Public Schools have announced they will be reducing Wi-Fi radiation exposure to students and teachers via Wi-Fi Device “Best Practices.” “Spurred by parent Cecelia Doucette's concerns about the lack of safety data on Wi-Fi and children, the district investigated the issue and developed a policy to substantially reduce wireless exposures to students and … [Read more...]

Ground-penetrating Radar Uses Electromagnetic Radiation to Reveal ‘Super-Henge’

 

With the help of ground-penetrating radar, researchers have discovered that there are 90 large stones, known as Durrington Walls, hidden underground in a village near the famous Stonehenge monument in England. Archaeologist Vince Gaffney and his team announced this discovery at the British Science Festival in Bradford, England earlier this month. “Durrington Walls is about … [Read more...]

Canadian Police to Receive New Radio System after EMI Issues

 

Sault Ste. Marie Police are preparing for a new radio system, since their current system, which is 15 years old, experiences communication problems and constant radio frequency interference. However, police dispatchers still have problems ahead. “Motorola is phasing out support the console's main components. The withdrawal of assistance starts in 2016 and ends in 2018,” … [Read more...]

Invisibility Cloak to Improve Military Operations

 

A team of scientists from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have developed a material that resembles an invisibility cloak. The material could change the face of military operations and would allow weapons and maybe even military personnel to function while undetected. UCSD scientists have tested the “first effective dielectric metasurface material—an ultra-thin, … [Read more...]

Apple’s First Electric Car to Surface in 2019

 

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple plans to manufacture and ship an electric car within the next four years. “The report says Apple is moving forward after investigating options for more than a year, as well as recently meeting with government officials in California. The report also says that Apple's first vehicles may not be autonomous,” USA Today … [Read more...]

‘Radiogate’ Controversy in First NFL Game – Pittsburgh Experienced EMI in Helmets

 

Last night, during the NFL season opener in New England between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers, a technology malfunction reportedly caused the Patriot’s radio broadcast to air on the headsets of the Steelers’ coaches during the entire first half of the game. The nickname ‘Radiogate’ has surfaced – a play on the Patriot’s previous ‘Deflategate’ controversy … [Read more...]

Kazakhstan Factory Produces School Uniforms that Protect Against Electromagnetic Radiation

 

A factory in Kazakhstan is sewing school uniforms that reportedly protect wearers from electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones. The uniforms are produced in the Almaty region but can also be purchased in Astana, Karaganda and Moscow. “Kids nowadays are very tech savvy and spend too much time with their phones,” Aigul Naushabayeva, mother of a 12-year-old daughter, told … [Read more...]

TECH TIDBIT: Insects Controlled by Electromagnetic Waves?

 

A new video has surfaced on YouTube which shows ants moving in a ring around an iPhone when the phone receives a call – suggesting that the electromagnetic waves emitted from a ringing phone can affect the insects. Researchers are divided on the matter. One Australian researcher, Simon Robson of Queensland's James Cook University, believes the phone has nothing to do with the … [Read more...]

Woman Claims Wi-Fi Causes Illness; French Court Grants Disability Allowance

 

A French court has granted Marine Richard, a woman who claims she is ‘allergic to Wi-Fi,’ £500 a month (about $764 U.S. dollars) in disability allowance. Richards claims she suffers from electromagnetic sensitivity and that exposure to Wi-Fi, mobile phones and televisions cause her extreme pain. According to Richard’s lawyers, she has been living away from society in a barn in … [Read more...]

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