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Brain tumors have not increased in Nordic countries since the adoption of mobile phones, according to a study, adding more fuel to the continuing debate over cell phone safety. Tumor rates in northern European countries have remained steady through 2008 despite widespread cell phone use, according to a study by the Institute of Environmental Medicine [...]
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CES 2012: Control Gameplay with Brain Waves
January 12th, 2012 
admin Haier, a Chinese electronics company, unveiled a video game controller that uses brain waves to control the action, with technology that may run televisions and more. The BrainWave, being shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, is an apparatus that hangs over the head with one extension that presses up against [...]
Smartphones Measure Brain Waves
July 16th, 2011 admin A new mobile phone app and accessory will let users measure their brain waves and gain insight into their own health and well-being, as medical apps continue to bring care directly to the patient. The new Mobile Brain Wave Measurement system, developed by KDDI, consists of an app and a band that is wrapped around [...]
This is Your Brain on Google
July 15th, 2011 admin A new study finds that when people know where to find information, they are less likely to remember it, illustrating people’s growing dependence on technology and the Internet. The “Google Effect” phenomenon suggests the modern mind jettisons cumbersome facts in favor of remembering how to retrieve those facts online, according to the findings published in [...]
Internet Addiction Causes Brain Changes
June 22nd, 2011 admin People who fit common criteria for Internet Addiction Disorder, or IAD, show changes in brain structure, according to a new study. Analysis of MRI scans found that small regions of the IAD subjects’ brains had shrunk, in some cases by 10 to 20 percent. The affected areas were in the cortex, which is associated with [...]
Cell Phone Use Up, Brain Cancer Rates Down
June 9th, 2011 admin Cell phone usage has soared in the past two decades while rates of brain cancer in that same timeframe have slowly fallen, two intriguing facts that add another wrinkle to the debate over whether cell phones cause cancer. Beginning in 1991, the previously rising rates of brain cancer incidence, which at the start of the [...]
Bill Gates Wants to Fight Malaria, Zap Mosquitoes, Monitor Brain Injuries
May 11th, 2011 admin The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded a range of projects that use mobile technology to combat health crises, such as diagnosing malaria, targeting insect-borne illness and monitoring brain injuries in infants. The Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenge, a competition designed to spark innovation and address urgent global health problems, announced 88 wide-ranging projects that [...]
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No Comments »AMA Finds Brain Reacts to Cell Phones
April 1st, 2011 admin Researchers of a study raising questions about the health risks of excessive cell phone have suggested ways to prevent possible adverse effects, which has put pressure on manufacturers to find ways to reduce radiation. The study, reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that glucose migrated to the area of the brain [...]
Brain Reacts to Radiation From Cell Phones
February 24th, 2011 admin Radiation from cell phones appears to increase brain activity in nearby regions to unusually high levels, according to a study by respected neuroscientists at the National Institutes of Health, rehashing the long-running debate of the potential hazards of mobile devices. “This study shows that the human brain is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation coming out of [...]
