We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe
October 21st, 2019Via: Scientific American:
The telecommunications industry and their experts have accused many scientists who have researched the effects of cell phone radiation of “fear mongering” over the advent of wireless technology’s 5G. Since much of our research is publicly-funded, we believe it is our ethical responsibility to inform the public about what the peer-reviewed scientific literature tells us about the health risks from wireless radiation.
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced through a press release that the commission will soon reaffirm the radio frequency radiation (RFR) exposure limits that the FCC adopted in the late 1990s. These limits are based upon a behavioral change in rats exposed to microwave radiation and were designed to protect us from short-term heating risks due to RFR exposure.
Yet, since the FCC adopted these limits based largely on research from the 1980s, the preponderance of peer-reviewed research, more than 500 studies, have found harmful biologic or health effects from exposure to RFR at intensities too low to cause significant heating.
Citing this large body of research, more than 240 scientists who have published peer-reviewed research on the biologic and health effects of nonionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) signed the International EMF Scientist Appeal, which calls for stronger exposure limits. The appeal makes the following assertions:
“Numerous recent scientific publications have shown that EMF affects living organisms at levels well below most international and national guidelines. Effects include increased cancer risk, cellular stress, increase in harmful free radicals, genetic damages, structural and functional changes of the reproductive system, learning and memory deficits, neurological disorders, and negative impacts on general well-being in humans. Damage goes well beyond the human race, as there is growing evidence of harmful effects to both plant and animal life.”
The scientists who signed this appeal arguably constitute the majority of experts on the effects of nonionizing radiation. They have published more than 2,000 papers and letters on EMF in professional journals.
British Man Creates Fuel-Cell-Like System with 9 Times the Energy Density of Lithium Ion Batteries [???]
October 21st, 2019Assuming the energy density claims are true, the systems need to be replaced and recycled when they’re depleted. One doesn’t charge them like batteries. The systems consume aluminum and drivers would need to have them swapped out with “full” units periodically.
It’s a bit like Toyota’s insane hydrogen debacle, in terms of lack of infrastructure. Yes, lithium ion has a lot of problems, but being able to use the existing grid to charge vehicles is a significant advantage over other systems. I couldn’t find recent total worldwide sales of the Toyota Mirai, but I think it’s safe to say that Tesla ships more vehicles in a week than Toyota has sold Mirais since 2014 (source, source). Toyota, hilariously, refuses to give up.
Trevor Jackson, of course, sees himself becoming the ExxonMobil of his aluminum + secret sauce electrolyte power source. I can’t see auto manufacturers backing themselves into a corner like that.
Jackson has black world connections (Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems). I’m a bit surprised that he doesn’t have interest for military applications.
Via: Daily Mail:
Imagine the satisfaction of driving your environmentally friendly electric car for 1,500 miles without having to stop to recharge the battery – a distance more than four times as far as the best and most expensive model currently on the road.
Under the bonnet is a revolutionary new type of battery which, unlike those used in conventional electric cars, can also power buses, huge lorries and even aircraft. What’s more, it’s far simpler and cheaper to make than the batteries currently in use in millions of electric vehicles around the world – and, unlike them, it can easily be recycled.
This might sound like a science-fiction fantasy. But it’s not. Last Friday, the battery’s inventor, British engineer and former Royal Navy officer Trevor Jackson, signed a multi-million-pound deal to start manufacturing the device on a large scale in the UK.
More: Negative? How a Navy veteran refused to accept a ‘no’ to his battery invention
Junior Minister Says Gov.UK Considering Facial Recognition to Verify Age of Porn-Watchers
October 21st, 2019In other news, China: Face Scan Required to Use Internet.
Via: The Register:
The UK government could use facial recognition to verify the age of Brits online “so long as there is an appropriate concern for privacy,” junior minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Matt Warman said.
The minister was responding to an urgent Parliamentary question directed to Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan about the future of Blighty’s online age-verification system, following her announcement this week that the controversial project had been dropped. He indicated the government is still keen to shield kids from adult material online, one way or another.
“In many ways, this is a technology problem that requires a technology solution,” Warman told the House of Commons on Thursday.
“People have talked about whether facial recognition could be used to verify age, so long as there is an appropriate concern for privacy. All of these are things I hope we will be able to wrap up in the new approach, because they will deliver better results for consumers – child or adult alike.”
The government also managed to spend £2.2m on the aforementioned-and-now-shelved proposal to introduce age-verification checks on netizens viewing online pornography, Warman admitted in his response.
Australia Newspapers Redact Front Pages in Media-Freedom Protest
October 21st, 2019Via: Bloomberg:
Australia’s fiercely competitive newspaper industry shelved rivalries on Monday to present a united front against what it says is a government campaign to restrict freedom of the press.
Major newspapers including The Australian, owned by Rupert Murdoch-controlled News Corp., the Daily Telegraph and Nine Entertainment’s Sydney Morning Herald published front pages with most of the text blacked out, highlighting what they say is a growing culture of secrecy.
Historic Midwest Blizzard Has Farmers “Expecting Massive Crop Losses – As Devastating As We’ve Ever Seen”
October 19th, 2019Via: Activist Post:
Millions upon millions of acres of wheat and soybeans that were about to be harvested are now completely gone.
Hyperstealth Camouflage Technology
October 19th, 2019Via: Hyperstealth:
Hyperstealth Biotechnology Corp. announces their four patent applications which are all related to their Quantum Stealth (Light Bending Material), otherwise known as the Invisibility Cloak. The information within the four patents has been released by Hyperstealth Biotechnology Corp. with over 100 minutes of videos demonstrating the prototype materials which are available to watch directly from their website www.hyperstealth.com.
Clinton Email Probe Finds No Deliberate Mishandling of Classified Information
October 18th, 2019Oh suuuuuuuuuuuure. haha
If you want to know why the Clintons will never face justice, read: Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA by Terry Reed.
My best guess is that their decades long criminal enterprise has been allowed to continue unhindered because of what went down in Arkansas in the 1980s.
Via: Reuters:
A U.S. State Department investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state has found no evidence of deliberate mishandling of classified information by department employees.
House Committee Votes to Increase Funding for Energy’s ARPA-E by $2.9B
October 18th, 2019In other news, Scientist Behind The Navy’s “UFO Patents” Has Now Filed One For A Compact Fusion Reactor.
Via: NextGov:
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology advanced a bill to significantly increase funding for the Energy Department’s bleeding-edge research office despite several attempts from the administration to cut funding for the program.
All totaled, the legislation would add nearly $2.9 billion to the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy over the next five years and insert safeguards to ensure the program isn’t duplicating research in other areas of government or the private sector.
Google Starts Drone Deliveries in Christiansburg, Virginia
October 18th, 2019Via: VentureBeat:
As of this afternoon, select residents of Christiansburg, Virginia can tap drones operated by Google parent company Alphabet’s Wing for quick and fee-free deliveries of packages, over-the-counter medications, snacks, and gifts. The company today revealed that it’s become the first to operate a commercial air delivery service directly to homes in the U.S., with the launch of a previously announced pilot involving FedEx Express, Walgreens, and local Virginia retailer Sugar Magnolia.
Argonne Team Looks to Insect Brains as Models for Computer Chips
October 18th, 2019NextGov wins the Pun-Of-The-Day award for this one: “It’s the latest buzz in artificial intelligence.”
Via: NextGov:
Scientists at the Energy Department’s Argonne National Laboratory have pioneered a cutting-edge neuromorphic computer chip—modeled off the brains of bees, fruit flies and other insects—that can rapidly learn, adapt and use substantially less power than its conventional computer chip counterparts.
The physicist leading an interdisciplinary team that developed the state-of-the-art design recently spoke to Nextgov about the chips’ potential to advance artificial intelligence.
“If we start from a biology standpoint, we use ourselves, humans, as a model for intelligent systems, of course. But there are many other branches that evolution has taken where you can sort of reach big computational power,” Angel Yanguas-Gil, principal materials scientist in Argonne’s Applied Materials division, said. “Insects are one of these areas.”
