Re:“Superlens” may solve wireless charging dilemma
by interstitial on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @03:10AM
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Seems like we can all just unshield our microwave ovens and fry two birds with one dosage of cancer-inducing electromagnetic waves. Honey, dinner's ready and your phone is charged. Little Alex is vomiting again and his hair is all over my new dress!
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Re:“Superlens” may solve wireless charging dilemma
by mstromb on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:36AM
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You seem to have confused non-ionizing radiation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-ionizing_radiation#Health_r...) (the type mentioned in the article) with ionizing radiation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionising_radiation#Biological_e...)
While some sources call into question the health effects of EM radiation, radios aren't causing vomiting and hair loss unless they're also made of radium.
Re:“Superlens” may solve wireless charging dilemma
by userbinator on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @08:38AM
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It already astounds me greatly how much common people don't know the basics about EM fields when we've essentially been immersing ourselves in them for over 100 years.
The main danger is power level causing heating/burns - and a microwave operating at 1000W+ is going to do that far more easily than a router with 1W at most.
Re:“Superlens” may solve wireless charging dilemma
by david927 on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:50AM
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That's what jumped out to me as well -- I have a huge concern for the potential ill effects to the human body. Plugging in a device is not a huge hardship and is vastly over-shadowed by the potential health risks.