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Does extremely low frequency radiation from mobile phones and tablets have adverse health effects?
Is ELF (extremely low frequency) radiation emitted by the electrical appliances' battery's current considered to have adverse health effects, or
is this radiation too low to be considered?
I'd like to keep the focus specifically on mobile phones…
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Can mobile apps monitor your sleep cycles?
There's already been a question about devices that can help you monitor your sleep and their possible benefits, but I'm interested specifically in the apps for mobile devices that claim to be able to do this. For this question, I'm not actually…
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Do protective covers for mobile phones offer significant protection from serious physical damage?
Simple question, would those costly silicon and plastic covers protect my phone from damages if it were to fall to the ground?
Due to commenters request - let's limit the question to iPhone covers and the damage to "serious physical damage" due to a…
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Do Huawei phones delete videos/photos of anti-Covid-restrictions protests?
A highly retweeted tweet claims:
Chinese social media users report Huawei phones automatically deleting^* videos of the protests that took place in China, without notifying the owners.
* Not sure if it’s from the cloud or device level
Our sci-fi…
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Did a woman go blind after playing a mobile game?
The article Chinese woman blinded in one eye after playing game likened to electronic heroin stats:
The 21-year-old woman suddenly lost sight in her right eye after playing the game for the whole day over the weekend ... in Dongguan, Guangdong…
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Were radio frequency radiation levels raised to accommodate mobile phones?
When I was at university (in Australia) a lecturer mentioned that the Australian standard for radio frequency radiation levels were deliberately raised to accommodate mobile phone technology. So that the previous recommended level of dosage was…
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Are the methods and conclusions of the study "Clear connection between wireless devices and cancer, experts say" sound?
The article, no longer linked at Science Daily, by is summarized:
A metabolic imbalance caused by radiation from your wireless devices could be the link to a number of health risks, such as various neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, a recent…
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Have people died by being shocked through the headphone cord of their cell phone?
The headline of an article in Vice magazine claims that "A 16-Year-Old Has Died After Being Electrocuted by His Headphones"
Last week, a teenager was electrocuted to death while listening to headphones from a plugged-in cell phone. Sixteen-year-old…
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Does turning off cellular data when connected to WiFi extend a phone's battery life?
The claim has been repeatedly made on the internet (example: 1, 2, 3* )that when a mobile phone is connected to WiFi, disabling cellular data can extend battery life, as it stops the phone from looking for 3G signals. Equally, there are several…
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Is using a phone while driving more dangerous than driving while drunk?
There have been numerous studies that show how using a phone while driving is more distracting than other non-driving tasks and even worse than driving while intoxicated.
Here was a study done in the US:
When controlling for driving difficulty and…
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Graphene "heat sink" sticker for your mobile phone battery
This product (Japanese language) is claimed to cool down your smartphone, etc, battery by two degrees centigrade - see the photo a little way down the page.
It claims to be a graphene-based material, and looking on the web I see lots of articles…
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Do mobile phones interfere with bees communication?
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Mobile phones are the cause of the demise of the bees?
I've heard from my biology teacher that mobile phones interfere with bees communication. The claim is that the signals bees are sending are identical to mobile phones'…
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Is the NSA installing surveillance codes in iPhones by calling Sprint customers?
I've got a iPhone 6s on the EE network. Today I got a SMS from +44 865 6696 which had the content "Message not found".
If I put the number into a t9 predictive text emulator, it spells "Unknown"
I've found a source on InfoWars that suggest it's…
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Is speaking on phone during lightning harmful?
I have heard many people say that speaking on cell phone while it is lightning may damage the ears.
A week before my room mate was speaking on the phone during lightning, and suddenly threw the phone away and said he experienced "a shock."
Cans…
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Mobile towers pose serious hazards?
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Do mobile phones have anything to do with brain cancer?
Today we had a seminar about wireless technologies and were told that mobile towers pose serious health hazards. I found this related article on web:…
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