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Environment (20 Apr, 2007)
Phones should be redesigned, study says

Scientists state that measures against cell phones polluting the environment are not good enough and should go further than just banning such substances as lead and chromium. ...
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//1 Apr 14, 2008 06:01 AM | posted by: snsuresh [InfoTOT]

Advancement always come with problems

Technology (30 Apr, 2007)
Overcoming the Culture Shock with a Mobile Phone Game

A game technology expert at the University of Portsmouth developed a game which is to help overseas students overcome the culture-shock they will encounter within the campus of a certain university. ...
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Technology (27 May, 2007)
Get Directions From Your Cell Phone

Now your cell phone may assist you better than anyone or anything else in finding the shortest way to the pharmacy, getting together with friends or keep an eye on your restless kids. Wireless companies are using technologies initially developed for emergency workers to help them find those in danger. ...
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Technology (22 Jul, 2007)
Public Phone Booths to Become Internet Access Points in Sweden

Swedish ISP intends re-equipping public phone booths to be able to provide wireless Internet access. ...
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Offbeat (20 Sep, 2007)
Hands-Free Phones - More Dangerous for Drivers than Alcoholic Drinks

Drivers who think they are safe if talking on hands-free mobiles in fact face greater risk of car crash than drunk drivers ...
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Technology (25 Oct, 2007)
New Cell Phone Application to Discourage Gropers

Japanese women successfully use a special cell phone tool to defend themselves from cheeky gropers ...
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//1 Feb 28, 2008 03:17 PM | posted by: Yamacheero [InfoTOT]

What a unique idea. I would really like to see this in action . I wonder how the men react when they see these messages. It's a good way to simply tell the 'groper' to 'get lost'.

Technology (28 Jan, 2010)
Latest Invention: Rubber Sheets that Generate Electricity to Power Cell Phones

The latest invention of engineers at Princeton University represents special rubber films that are able to produce electricity. ...
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Science (14 Jan, 2010)
Radiation from Cell Phones Could Fight Alzheimer's, at Least in Mice

According to a new study carried out by a group of researchers from University of South Florida, the radiation from cell phones can reverse Alzheimer's-like symptoms. ...
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Technology (12 Jan, 2010)
Nokia Phone with Bio Battery that Produces Energy from Soda

Designer Daizi Zheng recently unveiled his concept phone that works when you poor soda in it. The concept phone, designed for Nokia, has a bio battery that generates electricity from carbohydrates. ...
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Science (05 Jun, 2008)
Researchers Secretly Identified Users of Mobile Phones Outside US

Researchers managed to secretly identify the positions of 100,000 people outside U.S. through their mobile phone use ...
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//8 Jun 05, 2008 03:17 PM | posted by: thishappens [InfoTOT]

It's been happening. With any three towers, the company / govt / scientists can pinpoint and track your location down to a very small area. And, it need not involve you making active calls or texting. Your phone is checking in with the towers periodically, at the least. Newer phones allow ever more trackability, as well. Ever played with Google Maps on your cellphone/smartphone??? Its Google -- not the govt -- and even if your phone doesnt support GPS, they are able to figure out YOUR LOCATION IN REAL TIME within a few blocks using some Google'y calculations they've worked out.. Which is to say, even some dot-com can track you easily enough, even lacking all the access/tools that the telco or govt would have access to...

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//7 Jun 05, 2008 02:52 PM | posted by: Beetle B.

"I like how they wanted the physics department to go through the ethics board about this. The team broke no law, got no personal information, and didnt know exact locations. If there are 6 cell towers in even a place the size of vermont, youd have no clue where the phone was."

A scientifically unethical study need not violate any law. In disciplines like psychology, the ethics requirements are much more stringent than simply, "Don't break the law".

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//6 Jun 05, 2008 01:35 PM | posted by: ThatGuy

Don't imagine what big brother can do. Think of what big brother has done to you with out you knowing.

Current Events (30 Jul, 2008)
BBC Fined for Cheating Over TV Phone-ins

The independent regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the UK, Ofcom penalized the BBC with a record-high fine of ₤400,000 ($791,535) because the corporation faked winners and misled the television audience in several shows. ...
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Health & Fitness (20 Oct, 2008)
Heavy Use of Cell Phones Leads to Sperm DNA Damage

According to Australian scientists, men who have long talks over the cell phone lower their chances of becoming a biological father. ...
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//1 Oct 29, 2008 09:36 AM | posted by: summer_rain [InfoSLAVE]

I wonder what effect do cell phones have on women... it is said here that they lead to miscarriages, but what if the woman is not pregnant?

Science (25 Nov, 2008)
Scientists Spy on Australian Koalas Via Mobile Phones

Scientists hope to figure out what koalas say when bellowing by using mobile phones. With their help researchers will eavesdrop on these animals and try to make out a way of preserving the marsupial, which may become extinct due to habitat destruction. ...
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Health & Fitness (13 Jan, 2009)
Cell Phone Radiation Does Not Affect Children in the Short-run, Scientists Say

Latest study of German researchers showed that children and teenagers are not exposed to short-term radiation from cell phones. ...
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Technology (26 Jan, 2009)
Mental Health Check System for Cell Phone Users

Sakurai Co Ltd, a Japanese company that operates in mental health business, together with Tokai University, recently presented their latest invention - a system for mental health check through cell phones. ...
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