radiation
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Programming Error Results In Radiation Overdoses
4:00PM Rosa Golijan | In attempt to get better data, a hospital overrode default protocol on a CT scanner over a year ago. Now they’ve realised that they made a little mistake and have been giving people eight times the acceptable doses of radiation. More »
Peripherals
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | Be honest: That talk about mobile phone radiation scares you a teeny-weeny-itsy-bitsy-bit, doesn’t it? Me too. Fortunately there are mobile phone docks which’ll spare you from a whoppin’ 96% of the evil, cancer-causing energy. Or so the designers of this one claim. More »
Moshimy iPhone Dock Protects You From 96% Of Radiation
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | Be honest: That talk about mobile phone radiation scares you a teeny-weeny-itsy-bitsy-bit, doesn’t it? Me too. Fortunately there are mobile phone docks which’ll spare you from a whoppin’ 96% of the evil, cancer-causing energy. Or so the designers of this one claim. More »
Phones
A Guide To Mobile Phone Radiation So You Don’t Fry Your Brains
12:20AM Jesus Diaz | The Environmental Working Group claims that recent studies show higher tumour risk in long-term mobile phone users. They admit that more research is needed but, just in case, they have created this mobile phone radiation ranking. Guess who gets a bad grade. More »
Design
The ‘Space Snuggie’ Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation
8:40AM Sean Fallon | Thanks to students at North Carolina State University (my alma matter), looking like a tool may extend beyond the surly bonds of Earth. Their “Space Snuggie” concept could shield future astronauts from radiation. More »
Random Stuff
Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
10:51PM Jesus Diaz | Once upon a time, back when people in Russia used big moustaches and sent other people to Siberia, there were no GPS or tacky mobile phones. But they had atomic lighthouses to light the Artic shores. More »
Science
Mobile Phones Cause Kidney Stones and Heart Disease Now
9:40AM Sean Fallon | Just days after preliminary data gathered in the largest mobile phone cancer study thoroughly depressed us, a new study claims that exposure causes red blood cells to leak hemoglobin—leading to kidney stones and heart disease. More »
Peripherals
E-Wave Chip Protects Against Scary, If Not Scientifically Proven, Threat of Mobile Phone Radiation
5:30PM Elaine Chow | Mobile Phone radiation is spawning worries that it can do everything from making sperm stupid to popping popcorn… which means it’s prime time to start selling “cures” like this “radiation reducing” E-wave phone chip. More »
Vehicles
The Solar Com-Bat Spy Plane Is Too Cool For Batman
11:40AM Gizmodo US Edition | Not far from a kick arse gadget that Batman would own, the Solar Com-Bat Spy Plane is a surveillance device which is powered by solar, wind and vibrations, making it seem like the perfect device to use in the heat of battle. Although this bat-like spycam is only 6 inches long, it will be a huge help in gathering real-time data for soldiers, which includes tracking down sound detection, and detecting nuclear radiation and poisonous gasses. The only thing that could make this gadget cooler is if its parents—a stapler and a coffee machine—were shot by a mugger in front of its eyes, giving it a more brooding personality. [Inhabitat] More »
Science
IBEX Launches Today on Man’s Most Depressing Space Mission Ever
7:00AM Jack Loftus | The IBEX launch, which we previewed here at Gizmodo last Monday, went off without a hitch today. The ottoman-sized probe was strapped to a rocket that was strapped to the belly of an aeroplane, which carried it to 40,000 feet. From there, the rocket fired up and took IBEX to an orbit about 320,000km up. Fun! But it gets worse. Much worse. I hope everyone has their lead-lined fallout suits at the ready, because things could get a bit freaky in a few decades. More »
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