Re:Human eye protein senses Earth's magnetism
by noonespecial on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @07:56PM
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http://www.skepdic.com/emf.html
Start here, about half way down there's a good discussion and a bunch of links. Looks like they're mostly alergic to seeing the power lights.
Re:Human eye protein senses Earth's magnetism
by iacvlvs on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @11:31PM
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I know the opposite has been done, on a grand scale. A group of residents in a local suburb were complaining that a iBurst's (a local wisp) newly erected tower was causing headaches, nausea, tinnitus, dry burning itchy skins, totally disrupted sleep patterns, gastric imbalances and bouts of nausea and retching. They claimed that for these symptoms to subside took up to six weeks away from the broadcasting tower.
At a meeting where concerns residents confirmed they were still experiencing symptoms. iBurst then revealed they had shut down the tower more than six weeks earlier.
Unfortunately, if you're hoping to cure a psychosomatic illness, evidence alone just won't do it. Last I heard, residents were looking at a solution through the Department of Environmental Affairs. Full story at http://goo.gl/8UxNI
Re:Human eye protein senses Earth's magnetism
by VladRussian on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @08:46PM
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> I know the radio-wave science makes most of these claims far-fetched.
The radio wave science specifically says:
- wifi - 2.4 GHz , ie. 5in wavelength. A well-formed conducting channel in the body of 1.25in length makes an antenna. The channel can be blood vessel, nerve connections, etc... Some voltage and current will be generated - thats just the hard science. How much of the current and voltage, how (and whether) it will be felt depends on how its all connected, its biology defining electric characteristics, etc...
Re:Human eye protein senses Earth's magnetism
by CamperBob on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @11:47PM
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A DC magnetic field like Earth's magnetic field is so different from a 2.4 GHz EM field, I honestly don't even know where to begin to explain the difference to you. If you didn't listen to your high school science teacher the first time s/he explained it, you probably won't listen to anyone here, either.
Re:Human eye protein senses Earth's magnetism
by VladRussian on Thursday June 23, 2011 @03:28AM
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you're hallucinating, right? If not, please explain what connection you see between my post and "DC magnetic field like Earth's magnetic field".
But it also seems it would be simple to test those claiming the effects in a controlled trial. ("Is the Wifi Access Point you can't see or hear transmitting now, or not?")
Does anyone know if such tests have been done and documented?