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While I'm just as annoyed as other frequent fliers in having to turn off my devices, it's not as simple as this article would have us believe - for example, it'
by Anechoic 15y ago
While I'm just as annoyed as other frequent fliers in having to turn off my devices, it's not as simple as this article would have us believe - for example, it's not just power output, it's also the frequency of the radio emissions (do electric razors have quartz oscillators radiating in the MHz or GHz ranges?)
If you get a chance, read through this recent Ars Technica thread discussion these issues (if you don't have time, start on page 4), there's a lot of info, including links to NASA research, about this topic.
edit: to save readers some time, here are a couple of links from that thread-
http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/callback/cb_237.htm http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/callback/cb_237.htm
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20010066904_2001108092.pdf http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/2001006...