Archive for May, 2008
May 24, 2008
By Victor Epand
Although predominantly considered a boy’’s toy, remote controlled, or radio controlled toys are proving to be just as popular as ever, with sales rocketing, and the range widening ever more. The number of both radio and remote controlled vehicles is now bigger than ever, with both varieties of vehicle as popular as each other. The remote controlled vehicles tend to be much cheaper than the radio controlled ones, but because of this range in price, they are proving as popular as each other.
In case you aren”t sure quite what the difference is between remote controlled and radio controlled vehicles, the simplest way of identifying which is which is to see if there is a cable connecting the controller to the vehicle. If there is a wire which runs from the handset to the vehicle, then it will be a remote controlled vehicle, with signals being sent as electronic pulses down the cable. A radio controlled vehicle will have no connection or cable at all, and the signals are being transmitted from the handset to the vehicle using radio waves.
For this reason, if more than one child has a radio controlled vehicle, it can mean that the radio signals interfere with each other, and signals can become jammed, confused or duplicated across several vehicles. Remote controlled vehicle have no such risk of interference or compatibility issues.
The general reason why boys tend to like these toys more than girls is simply due to the fact they, by their very nature, tend to be cars, lorries and trucks, which are not usually as appealing to girls. However, there are some radio controlled and remote controlled toys for girls these days, usually ranging from pink limousines to pink off roaders. Essentially of course the mechanics of the vehicle is the same, but the cosmetic design will appeal more to girls than boys.
These toys have a real appeal to children, who enjoy the sense of control of another moving object, and that they can control and reach items and places beyond their normal reach. They also enjoy the challenge of being able to steer and manoeuvre the vehicles, which can often move quite quickly, and the more expensive ones can manage cross country very well, able to roll easily over rough ground, shallow steps, gaps and even small logs.
Of course, it mustn”t be underestimated that it takes a good deal of spatial awareness to be able to effectively control on of these vehicles. It is easy to forget that when a vehicle is moving away from you, left and right are easy to identify, but when the vehicle is moving towards you they are reversed, and of course if the vehicle is moving in any other direction, it is necessary to perceive the movement from the point of view of the vehicle and decide what the relative direction should be. This can lead to a few crashes in the early days, although vehicles are usually built to withstand a few knocks.
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May 23, 2008
By Daniel Millions
VoIP is a protocol (Voice-over-Internet protocol) which is designed to optimize the transmission of audio through the Internet. Most people refer to VoIP as the act of sending audio through a network, rather than the protocol itself. The protocol evolved from a 1973 protocol known as the Network Voice Protocol, which was one of the first attempts at sending speech over the Internet.
Despite the NVP’’s early origination date, it was not until 1996 that VoIP became widely available to consumers. Even then, the protocol and network structures had a long way to go, and the system was relatively inefficient. As technology has evolved and advanced, VoIP has become a realistic cost-effective solution to consider.
Currently, the chief alternative to VoIP is the PSTN, or public switched telephone network, which utilizes the traditional structure of circuit switching. The PSTN is a world network, much like the Internet, and includes household and mobile phones. When VoIP first came out, it was incompatible with PSTN, meaning users could only connect to other people with VoIP. Many early complications such as this have since been overcome, making VoIP much more viable than it was a decade ago.
What can VoIP do that the PSTN cannot One feature is the ability to add multiple phone lines without incurring additional costs, as it is possible to transmit several phone calls over the same connection. Other features that normally cost extra for a PSTN phone are free on VoIP; this includes attributes such as call forwarding, call waiting, caller ID. When encryption is employed, the security of the network is strong and hard to break in to.
The most popular security protocol used with VoIP is the Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP). Many other services can be integrated with a system, including file exchanges, video conversation, and conference calls. Advanced services which would usually be difficult to implement are much easier to do in a VoIP system, and this ease also reduces the cost of installation as well.
Despite the many breakthroughs that have been made through the years, VoIP still faces many challenges. Audio is essentially large streams of data, and whenever data of that size is transferred through a network, problems can occur. Receiving nodes must restructure every bit of information that comes in, so if the data is obtained too quickly, the decapsulation process can be negatively affected.
Jitter, another data transfer conundrum, can also occur frequently if proper precautionary measures are not taken. All of the data transfer troubles, if not tended to, can result in a low quality of service. When packets are not received or they are scrambled, this translates into drop-outs of voice for the end users.
Reliability is another important thing to consider, especially for home use of VoIP. With regular telephones, if the power goes out, you can still use your phone. However, because VoIP works directly through the Internet, and a modem that uses household electricity, if the power goes out, your phone goes out.
Although VoIP can be made secure through encryptions, most of the software on the market today does not support that function. While SRTP is available for business applications, it rarely is accessible to the average consumer. For users who do not have any encryption mechanism, they can still rely on security by obscurity, which is usually fine enough for non-business uses.
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May 23, 2008
By Amy Nutt
Anyone can receive counterfeit money no matter where they are. You can go to the bank and get that one $100 bill that was not checked when it was received by the bank. You then go to the grocery store and pay with that $100 bill when the cashier checks it was a special pen that indicates the bill is counterfeit. The cashier is silent and goes to her manager to show them the bill. All the while, you are standing at the checkout confused as to what is going on until the manager comes back to tell you that they must confiscate the $100 bill because it is counterfeit. They have already notified the authorities so the situation can be investigated. Now you are stuck with a cart full of groceries and you must wait for the police in order to tell them how you received the bill.
This is a situation that may be somewhat unusual, but some have experienced. They have been at no fault regarding the possession of a counterfeit bill because, if not checked properly, they can be distributed by banks, stores, and other venues in which money changes hands.
But what if you were on vacation and this happened? First of all, you”re not from the area and you just handed off a counterfeit bill. That makes you look quite suspicious and, unfortunately, can get you into serious trouble and ruin your entire vacation. That is why it is important to take certain precautions.
Precautions to take
One can never be too careful when traveling with cash. If at all possible, one might prefer to use traveler’’s cheques or use a debit card or credit card. These items can be reported if missing, whereas cash cannot be replaced. Traveler’’s cheques can be replaced if missing so your trip isn”t completely ruined. However, if you must carry cash, there are ways to protect yourself against receiving counterfeit money.
Depending on where you are in the world is going to determine what tools you need, but using items such as:
- A counterfeit detector can keep you receiving a counterfeit bill. Simply keep one in your purse or pocket to immediately mark the bill. The mark should show up clear if the bill is real and the mark will show up as dark if it is counterfeit. Although many retailers use these pens, cashiers can get into a huge hurry and forget to mark them.
- UV detectors can also protect you. These devices can come as pens or key chains that you can shine on the bill to make sure the security thread is inside the bill and that the denomination of the bill is printed on it. UV devices that work on U.S. bills also work on Canadian bills. When shined on a Canadian bill, the coat of arms along with the words FIVE CINQ and BANK OF CANADA BANQUE DU CANADA appear over the portrait in blue. The UV light will also pick up the red fibers on the bill.
It is also good to know about the different types of security used on the printing of bills even if you are visiting a foreign country and cannot find a counterfeit detection device for that particular currency. By doing this, you can immediately spot a counterfeit bill and call the authorities or return it as soon as you receive it and let them know that it is counterfeit. This can keep you out of trouble for circulating counterfeit money, especially when you are away from home and trying to enjoy yourself. This can also prevent the money from ending up in someone else’’s hands.
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May 22, 2008
By Alan Haburchak
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that there are more than 8,000 traffic accidents every year resulting in death or serious injuries due to tire failure. While some tire failures may have been prevented because of driver errors, other tire failures are the direct result of a manufacturing defect or design defect.
Additionally, tire manufacturers have known about the dangers of the tires for years, but have failed to properly warn consumers of the risks. Some experts have attributed tires in the United States to be the worst in the world.
Tread Separation Causes Fatal Accidents
One of the most common tire failure occurs due to tread separation. Tread separation is the result of the plies of a tire separating from one another. An assembled tire is exposed to high temperatures and pressure to cure the assembly, which bonds all the layers. Steel belts are sometimes incorporated into the steel-belted radial tire for more impact and puncture resistance.
Unfortunately, the steel belt addition will not stick to the rubber compounds unless the manufacturers coat the steel wires before putting them into the construction of the tire, making tread separation for all steel belted radial tires possible. The possibility of tread separation becomes greater as the speed of the vehicle increases.
Currently, light truck tires and passenger tires do not use new technology that has been designed to prevent tread separation from occurring. This new type of tire manufacturing has been around for years now, yet has not been incorporated because of the additional cost of production. With better-designed tires, a nylon cap adds a layer between the steel belt and the road to help the tire better withstand moisture and roll with more stability.
Multi-Piece Rims Pose a Serious Threat
Another type of tire failure that can occur is when a multi-piece wheel is used. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) wanted to ban multi-piece rims, but the tire and wheel industry sponsored an education program at work and ultimately avoided the ban.
OSHA guidelines require using a safety cage during tire mounting operations, but after the wheel is removed from the safety cage, accidents still happen. Posters that were designed for the education program are now in most service stations and tire shops, but this educational program has allowed manufacturers to avoid complete liability by foisting some liability on to businesses, who in turn pass costs along to employers and their injured employees. Though a single piece wheel that would avoid multi-piece rim explosions has been around for decades, the design has not been widely used.
Sidewall Zipper Failure
When tires are being inflated, the sidewall of the tire can explode, causing a sidewall zipper failure. Sidewall zipper failures occur because the sidewall design and manufacturing. Deflating a tire can add stress when the tire is reinflated and cause a blowout.
Manufacturers deal with this tire failure by issuing warnings instead of changing the tire designs. Bead failures also occur during the inflation of the tire, and the explosion bead failures cause often times result in serious and deadly conditions. Bead fractures usually occur at the splice joint of the tire, which, combined with the low-pressure explosion, causes the trajectory of the rim and the tire to sever limbs, cause brain trauma, and smash facial bones.
Tire failures can occur when there is a high-speed spin-off failure, which occurs when one of the two rear wheels is stationary and the other wheel spins without restraint due to a design defect. Ozone cracking is an uncommon tire failure, but small cracks on the rubber’’s surface due mainly to atmospheric ozone break down tire sidewalls. Manufacturing defects are normally to blame in cases of ozone cracking.
Tire Blowout Injury
Tire blowout injury occurs when motor vehicle tires rapidly lose air causing a loss in vehicle control and, potentially, a rollover accident. Tire blowout injury can be catastrophic as tires deflate in an explosive manner, severely compromising or destroying the tire’’s integrity.
A number of consumer advocacy groups concerned about the dangers of tire blowout injury have urged the government to enact more stringent protocol on tire design, production and maintenance. Tire blowout injury is sustained when tire blowout causes the loss of vehicle control, which makes vehicle rollover and collisions with other objects more likely.
People are at a greater risk of tire blowout injury when traveling at higher speeds. Being in a less stable vehicle is also a major factor which contributes to tire blowout injury. SUVs are more likely to be involved in tire blowout accidents for several reasons. SUVs are narrower and taller than other passenger vehicles; therefore they are less stable on the road. When tire blowout does occur, SUVs are much more likely to rollover causing more serious tire blowout injury. SUVs are also more difficult to control after tire blowout, which causes the risk of more serious accidents and tire blowout injury.
In 2000, national concern about tire blowout injury peaked as the Firestone-Ford scandal unfolded. Firestone radial tires on Ford Explorers were found to be especially prone to tread separation, which caused numerous cases of tire blowout injury and death.
In August 2000, Firestone-Bridgestone recalled 6.5 million defective tires and in May 2001, Ford recalled 13 million defective tires from their vehicles. Consumer group research shows that tire blowout is not particularly unique to one type of tire or vehicle, meaning that other tires and vehicles may pose an equal threat on our roadways.
There are several causes of tire blowout injury that are highly preventable. It is nearly impossible to create a tire that has absolutely no risk of causing tire blowout injury, but there are many things that can be done to reduce the risk of tire blowout. The causes of tire blowout include road hazards, maintenance issues (such as under-inflation, overloading, tire mismatching, excessive wear, and inadequate inspections) and tire design or manufacturing defects.
Tire blowout injury is often due to negligence on behalf of tire manufacturers or tire repair and maintenance professionals. Tire blowout injury can be prevented if manufacturers are impelled to create a safer more robust tire design, improve overall vehicle design and control systems, and implement a more stringent production and inspection process. Improved tire design and more stringent tire repair and maintenance protocol for service professionals would reduce the likelihood of tire blowout injury.
Preventing Tire Failure
Tire failures can be prevented with proper maintenance, but in some cases tire failures are hard to detect because of a manufacturing or design flaw. By knowing what to look for, you may be able to prevent unnecessary injuries. Signs to be aware of include:
* Cracks in tire sidewalls
* Tire vibration, indicating a misalignment, etc.;
* Treads which are unevenly worn down (indicating improper inflation) or very worn down;
* Bulging sidewalls (indicating weakened areas).
Have You Been Injured by Faulty Tires?
If you have suffered injury due to faulty tires, blowouts, or related defects, you may wish to contact a qualified attorney who can advise you of your legal rights and options. An experienced crashworthiness attorney will help you file your claim and get the monetary compensation you deserve.
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May 22, 2008
By Ricardo d Argence
Apple’’s new nano is designed to improve upon the past models and add some functionality. The improved video, smaller thinner body and updated firmware are enough to make it stand out.
The Looks
First the aesthetics. Some people will prefer the gen2 nano’’s longer body with the larger click wheel. Apple shortened the body in order to limit breaks due to the former generation flexing in people’’s pockets and bags.
The longer nano was prone to bend (and sometimes break) when people put them in their pocket and sat down or moved around.
Another change motivated by durability is the metal face. The old clear composite face was a magnet for smudges and scratches.
The new metal face holds up nicer. Be warned though; it does chip and scratch some more, so get a cover. Apple does lose some points for the smaller click-wheel being awkward. It’’s a trade-off.
The Sound
Sound quality is not significantly improved from previous models. The slight improvements touted in Apple’’s marketing are exagerated.
However, let’’s be fair to Apple here. They are not alone when it comes to high cost MP3 players with only moderate fidelity sound.
Almost no MP3 players are actually designed for audiophiles / musicians / sound engineers; i.e., the people who could tell the difference between good sound and great sound.
Keep in mind also that MP3 is a compression technology that does experience quality loss. Particularly, with a lower bitrate your MP3 files will lose more and more of the sound integrity from the original recording.
Combine that with the fact many people rip from CDs that are not digitally mastered, and you would get inferior sound quality with any device.
Features
Other than the changes in the body design, not many new features are noteworthy with this device.
There are some changes in the components and software that do make the screen brighter and allow you to do more things, including watch videos and play games. Some complain there isn”t enough memory for video.
But you can still get enough on here for a cross-country flight. It’’s a nice extra even if these nanos don”t have tremendous memory.
The flash memory in this device could have been a higher speed. However, the main advantages of the flash player are still here: less risk of hardware failure associated with a hard disk drive player (better for running or working out).
The device does seem to have a slighly shorter battery life than advertised. Perhaps there is a trade-off with the shorter form factor.
Few users will notice this as they are still likely to get a day’’s worth of use from a full charge.
Apple’’s software is still a weakness with very limited direct control over your device library and few file options. However, most users have limited needs and will not notice. Apple hits the minimum compatibility needs of most of the market.
Coverflow is little more than a gimmick. It’’s still buggy and covers tend to blank out if you scroll quickly.
Cover art has been downloaded with previous software versions and with other players, so the ability to scroll covers is not really a breakthough.
Keep in mind that the iPod actually still has less features than most competitive devices. It doesn”t have a radio tuner, voice recorder, bluetooth, WMA support, etc. But what it does it does well.
Overall this device is an improvement. Apple really wins with sleek design and a wealth of accessories.
This unit is no different. While it is not perfect, none of the competition is good enough to dominate it any time soon.
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May 20, 2008
By Phoenix Delray
Whether hiking on foot, traveling on a motorcycle, or a bicycle, consider a handheld GPS system to help you navigate your way. An increasing amount of motorcyclists, hikers and bicyclists depend on GPS technology aide in making their trips more efficient and stress free. It is easy to get confused when trying to determine which unit is best for you. After all, there are numerous makes and models to choose from.
How do they work?
GPS or Global Positioning Systems consist of a group of satellites that produce low frequency radio waves. These radio waves are sent down to Earth and picked up by your handheld GPS system. Once received, those waves in conjunction with your GPS unit help determine your location, speed, and estimated time of arrival.
Handheld GPS systems can be developed to adapt for use on your motorcycle, however they are primarily intended for use during outdoor recreational activities such as hiking. They may not be able to withstand harsh weather condition that you may experience while riding your motorcycle. There are several units that have been created specifically for motorcycle use. These may be a better option.
What should I look for?
One of the major factors you should consider is weather resistance. Seek out a unit that has been sealed against moisture, to prevent damp conditions from destroying your screen. Sealed units will also protect against dirt and dust.
If you are planning to use this unit on your motorcycle you may want to look for a unit that offers shock resistance. You would not want to worry about cracking your screen every time you went over a bump. Look for motorcycle specified mounts which will support the unit from all off the jerks and jostles provided by the road.
Another factor to consider is the sensitivity of the chip. The more sensitive the chip, the more likely you will be to receiving low radio waves. This may come in handy while navigating dense woods or in areas where there are tall buildings.
Also, ease of use, should be taken into consideration. You will find that the best Handheld GPS systems are touch screen operated. Which brings me to my next point, screen size. The larger the screen, the easier it will be, not only to view, but also navigate, especially for those of us with larger fingers. When testing screen quality, look at them in the daylight and from different angles. Some screens may be hard to read in bright daylight.
While you may feel overwhelmed with all of the functions that you will have to consider, you may want to shop around and ask a lot of questions. Handheld GPS systems are a bit of an investment and you want to know that you are getting what you pay for.
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May 20, 2008
By Thomas Pretty
For those who own a business that has vehicles out on the road every day it is becoming increasingly popular to have some form of GPS fleet management tool. The solutions offered by these systems are immense. They are not the systems that purely tell you where to go when you are lost, but can give you invaluable management information when your fleet is out of the office and on the road. Some may feel that the initial outlay for all encompassing fleet management solutions may be too expensive to justify; this is a common misconception however, and the money you will save in the long run is hard to dispute.
Fleet management solutions make it possible to keep a track of the vehicles you own while they are out on jobs. For those managers who feel their employees may be taking liberties it is the ideal way to monitor whether company vehicles are being used for unauthorised purposes. You will also be able to monitor how your fleet is being driven, some management solutions have the ability to measure speed and the distance travelled. Seemingly the days of practising your clutchless gear changes in the company vehicle are over.
It is not just the opportunity to see if your fleet is being utilised properly, for administrative purposes, fleet management solutions are ideal. Some systems will act as a maintenance tool telling you when every vehicle is due for servicing or oil change. Subsequently this will save your company money as your fleet will be better maintained, reducing your costs considerably. Some systems even have the ability to notify you of specific vehicle problems negating unnecessary work and further saving you money. The right fleet management solutions will enable you to have your vehicles for longer while saving money on fuel.
In the unfortunate event of an accident a GPS tracking system can be worth its weight in gold. Most fleet management solutions will act much like a black box recorder on a plane. It will be able to give you valuable information on the speed and direction of a vehicle at the time of the accident. With so much emphasis upon liability this information can be extremely important in determining who is at fault.
Once your employees have gotten used to the idea of having a GPS tracking device in their vehicle, the results will be clearly evident. Employees will be less likely to abuse their fleet vehicles making your management role much easier. The effect will be that they will drive more safely as they know you have the solutions to monitor their driving. Employees will stop taking unnecessary detours and speeding while accidents will be reduced.
As a result of this reduced number of accidents your insurance premiums will considerably drop. Insurance companies will even reduce premiums once you have told them of your implementation of fleet management solutions. This is mainly because you will be able to recover a vehicle easily if it has been stolen and your drivers will be driving in a safer manner.
Fleet management solutions have revolutionised the way business is performed. As a manager you may initially face a backlash from staff for privacy reasons but as they are in a company vehicle and are on company time these are easily discounted. The financial benefits are vast as your expenditure will drop. Rather than contemplating if you can afford a GPS tracking system, you should be contemplating if you can afford not to have one.
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Technology expert Thomas Pretty looks at the fleet management solutions being implemented to increase the efficiency of businesses. To find out more please visit http://www.simplytrak.co.uk/vehicle-tracking-from-SimplyTrak.asp
May 19, 2008
By john mce
Firstly lets clarify what is meant by 3D printing, well in a nut shell it is a way of fabricating objects designed on computer, for example if you designed a mug using computer aided design, within a few hours you could have the real thing sitting in front of you. It is possible to watch your very creations come to life in true Star Trek fashion, before your very eyes.
To go into more detail, currently printers are fairly slow, limited and not tremendously precise. A home 3D printer will typically set up back about ten thousand pounds, but this is cheap considering the first commercially available printers cost at least ten times that amount. 3D printers presently are capable of fabricating objects using silicon and certain types of metal, other substances that have been tested are plaster, play-doh and even chocolate!
A home 3D printer is about the size of a Microwave and connects directly to a desktop computer running software that controls its operation. It then creates objects layer-by-layer by squeezing material from a mechanically-controlled syringe. Unfortunately printers are somewhat limited in the sense they still produce a fairly rough end product and the time scale it takes to print an object is considerable.
Despite all the technical implications, there are huge possibilities for the future of 3D printing. All ground breaking technology starts somewhere, for example in the case of the PC, mainframes had existed for years, but personal computing only took off in the late seventies. A cheap self-assembly computer called the Altair 8800, launched in 1975, sparked the rapid development of personal computing. In similar circumstances self assembly 3D printers hope to spark the same rapid development in rapid prototyping.
There are a number of different 3D printers available on the market today, all with slightly different advantages, disadvantages, quirks and features. Some interesting projects include an open source 3D printer which has successfully been used to fabricate better parts to replace existing parts on the printer itself. The ultimate goal of 3d printers is to perfectly replicate themselves, allowing much more cost effective manufacturing.
The future for 3D printing seems very promising, it is the fastest growing part of the rapid-prototyping industry with revenues this year expected to be approximately a billion US dollars. Many industries are showing huge amounts of interest and are seem great potential in different applications where they could utilize three dimensional printing. The US army have experimented using rapid prototyping to create parts for broken tanks, guns and other hardware in combat situations. Businesses believe a rapid prototyping machine could prove invaluable in showing factories how to assemble parts remotely, for example in China. Even NASA has requested a high resolution machine to manufacture crucial parts in space.
In conclusion what is stopping you being part of a truly revolutionary technology, which could become one of the major breakthroughs of the twenty first century? 3D printing has merely been science fiction until recently, where it is now most certainly science fact. What can we expect to see in the not so far away future? Well one ultimate goal is printable organic parts, for example replacement organs, identical skin grafts and even limbs, to combat victims of illness, disease and war.
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May 19, 2008
By Jim Brown
Some functions for consumer electronics will create a drain on power and consumers are combating this problem by purchasing chargers that will fit into the cigarette lighter of the automobile. Others have cut back on using such applications because the functions are costing consumers more money each day, and purchasing a second or third consumer electronics product of the same type for other family member’’s use is beginning to be reconsidered due to the cost in powering the product.
Consumers are growing weary of purchasing batteries in bulk to power the consumer electronics they use. Some consumers have switched to rechargeable battery types but the laboring process of removing these power sources when fully charged is beginning to remove the joy out of owning some consumer electronics. The required functions by the user for some consumer electronics to continue to work have rendered some consumer electronics useless after one week of use.
Some cellular telephones are unusable after consumers bend teeth inside the charging port week after week. Since charging the battery is a necessary function, a consumer would think that the telephone should be repaired or replaced free of charge at the place of purchase. This is not the case though because cellular service providers have established a strict policy about repairs and those that sell these consumer products will not replace the product if the purchase period was over 30 days ago. Other products will be offered though for a nominal charge and a new battery will be installed at the counter after the customer buys it.
Some people rarely use half the functions for consumer electronics that are buried within the operating system on consumer electronics. People were confused when video recording machines were introduced because some consumers could not set the clock. The video recorders installed on consumer electronics such as telephones have taken that confusion to a higher level. Some consumers activate the camera function without meaning to and are surprised to find that the memory on the telephone is full. Some of the memory will be filled with videos that serve no purpose and were unintentionally filmed.
Some of the functions for consumer electronics are helpful to consumers. Many cellular telephones are equipped with software applications that provide consumers with handy tip calculators. Other useful functions that are included in the tools menu would prove helpful if the consumer needed to know what the time was in a foreign country. Configuring the world clock functions might prove challenging though and thus time consuming. Contact lists provide consumers with many function possibilities but transferring this function to another mobile phone product will cost the consumer money because service providers charge for this transfer function.
The snooze alarms on digital radios provide consumers with a few minutes more sleep. The snooze functions installed on consumer electronics such as computer systems manage the sleep patterns for the operating system and thus extend the shelf life of the product. Cellular telephone customers can enjoy the alarm functions on the calendar function and never again forget a task or be late for an appointment. Instruction books are provided by the manufacturer’’s of consumer electronics to ensure that customer’’s can gain the most function out of the device that is purchased.
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May 18, 2008
By Paul Fitzgerald
It is not just humans who are affected - Valladoid, Spain, White Storks Study 2005 Number of young per couple for nests within 200m of the antenna was 0.86 (0.7 - 1.02) p=0.001whereas productivity for nests further than 300m away was 1.6 (1.46 - 1.74) p = 0.00140% of those nesting within 200m had no chicks, whereas only 3.3% of those further than 300m did not have chicks.
The white stork behavior recorded within 200m included:The couple frequently fight over the sticks The sticks fall to the ground when trying to build the nest The most affected nests never get built Frequent death of young chicks in their early stages Balmori A, 2005, Possible Effects of Electromagnetic Fields from Phone Masts on a Population of White Stork, electromagnetic Biology and Medicine.
Loscher and Kas of Universities of Hannover Veterinary School and University of the German Army in Munich 1998. A study funded by the Bavarian State Government in Germany following reported adverse health effects in dairy cattle after a Telecoms Mast had been erected. There was a significant drop in the milk yield of that herd of cattle and Extraordinary Behaviour Disorders in some of the cows related to the microwave transmissions from that Mast. When the cattle were moved away from its vicinity after a period the milk yield and the behavior of that herd was totally restored to normal. However, when the cattle were returned to the mast environment their symptoms returned.
The effects of EMR are being felt by wildlife and the environment as a whole, Birds, bees, worms, trees are all being affected. We need to fight for not only the future of mankind but for the future of the whole environment.
Children Act 1989 Part 3 Section 17 Places a legal obligation on Local Authorities to protect children in their area against significant harm and or abuse or the risk of. The Children Act stands apart from other legislation in so much as the risk of harm does not have to be proven or to have taken place, but could be a likelihood or perceived risk.
UK and EU precautionary understanding The EC and UK Precautionary Principle The precautionary principle covers cases where the scientific evidence is insufficient, inconclusive or uncertain, but where there is some indication of reasonable grounds for concern of adverse effects on the environment or health. The precautionary principle provides a basis for action when science is unable to give a clear answer.
Who is accountable? In the UK all agencies refer back to the Health Protection Agency for advice. The world looks towards the World Health Organisation (WHO) We urgently request that the HPA and WHO advise governments and Authorities to adopt the precautionary principle for mobile phones/phone masts,DECT phones, microwave baby and security alarms and not to install wireless computer networks until safety is approved.
The Government receives an estimated 10 billion a year in revenue from the mobile phone industry. Emergency Government funds should be released. Starting with at least 50 million in order to deal with translation of German and Russian research, an education program, media campaign and funding released to Independent scientists to carry out further research.
The funds could be given to the EMF Discussion Group Chaired by Sir William Stewart as it has a mixed group of experts with different views and opinions which leads to a healthy debate and should help avoid the continued criticism and mistrust from the public who have lost faith in the democratic process and blame discrepancy of funding for research.
The phone industry are un-elected officials who forcefully and undemocratically ignore the wishes and concerns of local communities.
In the words of - Dr Robert O. Becker twice nominated for the Nobel Prize have no doubt in my mind that at the present time, the greatest polluting element in the earths environment is the proliferation of electromagnetic fields. I consider that to be far greater on a global scale, than warming, and the increase in chemical elements in the environment.
The Irish Doctors” Environmental Association (IDEA)
Learning, concentration, and behavioural disorders, headaches, migraines, nervous and connective tissue pains, sleeplessness, daytime sleepiness, chronic exhaustion.
Santini:
Santini in 2002 ntoed sleep problems Fatigue, Headache, Nausea, Irritability, Memory loss, Concentration, Depression. Sleep problems, fatigue, depression, headaches, dazed state/dizziness, concentration problems, memory problems, learning difficulties, headaches, restlessness, dazed state, irritability, disturbance of concentration, forgetfulness, learning difficulties, difficulty finding words.
Alfonso Balmori Valladolid, Spain is published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine,Behavioural problems, concentration and co-ordination problems, apparent fertility problems. Loscher and Kas of Universities of Hannover Veterinary School and University of the German Army in Munich 1998.
About The Author
EMF expert and founder of the Research Center for Wireless Technology, Paul Fitzgerald, graduate from NJIT, has been studying EMF’’s for over 15 years now. He has done over 100 radio shows in 2006 and released his book http://www.CellphoneLies.com http://www.emfnews.org/qlinks.html