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yeah true - but as with all that data, the proximity of it is in no extent to the same degree as these glasses is going to be. a 4G chip, literally 1cm from yo

by timmyd 14y ago

yeah true - but as with all that data, the proximity of it is in no extent to the same degree as these glasses is going to be. a 4G chip, literally 1cm from your temple for 8-16 hours a day just cannot be something that is encouraged or that is recommended. i just can't fathom how that could possibly be safe regardless of your view of electromagnetic radiation - having that against your head for 16 hours a day, 365 days a year. It accounts to 5840 hours of a 1cm differential of electromagnetic radiation to your brain ? strapping a mobile phone to your head with a 4G chip and letting it sit there isn't something I can see myself doing and the entire utility of the glasses is designed to essentially be "always on" - i can't see you wearing them for 15 minutes and putting them away ? i love that Google are pushing the edge, but maybe they need to invent some sort of electromagnetic radiation wrapper so it doesn't permeate into your brain all day

daeken 14y ago
There is no 4G chip -- or any cell radio at all -- in Google Glass. There is Bluetooth, but that's insanely low powered. Anyway, there's absolutely no evidence that any of this is even remotely harmful; which makes sense when you look at the physics of it, since none of this is ionizing radiation.
- timmyd 14y ago
  Sure - but the only way to use it at the moment (as was shown in the demo at Google I/O was to stream via a bluetooth connection to a mobile device) and Sergy Brin has also indicated that it will contain mobile connectivity
orangecat 14y ago
I don't see how it can possibly be safe to be in a metal tube weighing several hundred tons that's six miles above the ground. Our instincts are not good at evaluating things like this, but fortunately we have science.
dhughes 14y ago
I wonder if there are an studies of people who wear hearing aids which show any cancer risk due to constant use of an electrical device within their ears? Sure it's not radio waves but it is electrical which produces magnetic flux and not oscillating like radio waves but it is EM energy. Anyway I guess in a way it's comforting that it's so hard to determine either way if long-term low power close contact EM exposure is damaging.

by timmyd 14y ago

daeken 14y ago

There is no 4G chip -- or any cell radio at all -- in Google Glass. There is Bluetooth, but that's insanely low powered. Anyway, there's absolutely no evidence that any of this is even remotely harmful; which makes sense when you look at the physics of it, since none of this is ionizing radiation.

timmyd 14y ago
Sure - but the only way to use it at the moment (as was shown in the demo at Google I/O was to stream via a bluetooth connection to a mobile device) and Sergy Brin has also indicated that it will contain mobile connectivity

orangecat 14y ago

I don't see how it can possibly be safe to be in a metal tube weighing several hundred tons that's six miles above the ground. Our instincts are not good at evaluating things like this, but fortunately we have science.

dhughes 14y ago

I wonder if there are an studies of people who wear hearing aids which show any cancer risk due to constant use of an electrical device within their ears? Sure it's not radio waves but it is electrical which produces magnetic flux and not oscillating like radio waves but it is EM energy. Anyway I guess in a way it's comforting that it's so hard to determine either way if long-term low power close contact EM exposure is damaging.