Hard to read, but some interesting things here (from the wearables
list)
Irfan
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From: Thad E Starner <testarne@media.mit.edu>
To: wearables@media.mit.edu
Subject: Wireless communication links
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 20:19:31 -0400 (EDT)
The Microwave Journal is a nice resource for the wireless
engineer (put. Very low level. However, May's issue had a couple of
interesting things:
ad for 5Ghz antenna for indoors/outdoors 4.6" x 3.8" x 1.5 12dBi
Cushcraft Corp. Manchester, NH 800 258 3860 First product I've seen
for the new FCC band
article on Phased Array antennas (big ones)
Two part series looking over the advances in the last 35 years
article Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields: Defusing the controversy
A version of a (maybe longer) paper in Feb 97 IEEE Institute
Basically points out that the legal establishment has been
pushing the issue even though evidence is lacking and cases
get thrown out of court.
Makes the point that its hard to refute that anything is a
possible cause of cancer (the tap water where I live, BTW, is
rated a co-carcinogen - not happy about it). Can only refute
such claims with negative evidence, which can't span the
space. So far only positive evidence has shown weak effects
with questionable data (unlike tobacco, which has a very
strong effect). Negative tests abound, but there is a need
for more.
Interesting Refs
overview of literature
Natrional Research Council, "Possible Health Effects
of Residential Exposure to Electric and Magnetic Fields," Washington:
National Academy Press, 1996
the lawyer alert
"Unplugged: Health and Policy Implications of the
Wireless Revolution," Envirionmental Law Center of the Vermont Law
School, Killington, VT Nov 15-16, 1996
from the author
K.R> Foster, L.S. Erdreich and J.E. Moulder, "Weak
Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer in the Context of Risk Assessment,"
IEEE Proceedings, May 1997
BTW, I have a huge set of refs to this stuff...playing around
with putting it on the web....lot o work.
Thad Starner
MIT Media Laboratory
Wearable Computing Project
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