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iPhone case fends off deadly cellphone radiation
You want to scare somebody? Just mutter something about radiation and you'll be able to sell an iPhone case for $60. That's one dollar for each percentage point of deadly cellphone radiation this silicone case is said to prevent from reaching into your brain. Could this be a lifesaver?
Despite the lack of credible evidence, the fearmongers at Pong Research hope to sell their iPhone case by comparing cellphone radiation with cigarette smoking. Will cellphones kill you with brain cancer? It's possible, but unlikely, according to the World Health Organization. But there's a big difference between possibility and probability, which is a concept that most people have trouble grasping. Beyond that, iPhones are not even in the top 20 emitters of cellphone radiation.
Pong Research should also make hats out of this magical silicone stuff, because this tin foil we've been wearing is just not very comfortable.
Via CrunchGear
By Old Man Dotes at 1:12 PM ON 09/18/09
" That's one dollar for each percentage point of deadly cellphone radiation this silicone case is said to prevent from reaching into your brain"
And it's one dollar for every IQ point you'd need to pay that much for this scam. If you had an IQ of 61, you'd be smart enough not to fall for this.
Hmm, I bet the target audience are the same ones who installed "Windows Anti-Virus 2009" by running IE on Windows and clicking "yes" on the popup.
By chad at 1:12 PM ON 09/18/09
Since while talking on the phone the radiation will coming at you out of the front of the phone, how is this case going to stop the radiation? I guess it might protect your hand....
By Bob at 1:46 PM ON 09/18/09
Hey, you'll need that hand to wipe off the drool once the brain tumor starts working on you :)
Seriously though while these guys are obviously full of it, there's really no telling how cellphone rads will affect us. Y'know, seeing as we have only had a large market for cellphones for... what, still less than a decade, right? Dunno exactly when they "blew up."
So yeah, we can theorize on what effect that radiation will have, and it looks like not so much. We'll still be waiting for quite a few decades before we see if we were correct, however. Cigs rarely give you cancer (and btw, they just increase on your genetic predisposition - if you don't have that predisposition, you still don't get cancer, so they don't technically "cause" it. Lot of the stuff said about cigs and their manufacturers is just blind bandwagon beating, not realistic fact) after smoking them for only ten years. Happens, but not too often.
Honestly though, I'm much more worried about when wireless power becomes popular. Now that's going to be a lot of free rads floating around.
By ramriot at 8:08 AM ON 09/21/09
Also,
The iPhone's RF circuitry has power monitoring to minimize the battery drain. So if you put a 'Shield' around its antenna (In back of case) it will ramp up the power to keep in touch with the cell towers.
Thus the better this 'Shield' works the more 'Hazardous' radiation will be directed out the front into your brain. Nice one guys, eliminate the gullible first.
By cpc at 8:51 AM ON 10/27/09
Lets just hope the thing actually works to be fair
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