[Robotgroup] Cool NASA News

[Def Egge]

John,

I am not aware of any verifiable scientific evidence that mutations 
are caused by EMFs.  If I was looking for something to worry about, 
the 'food' (and dilute sewage that passes for drinking water) that I 
place into my mouth would be a great place to start.

YMMV,

Mike


At 11:27  2007-06-19, you wrote:
>Interesting but kind of scary...
>
>In case we wondering about these mutations going on in the world,
>EMF's will now have more wireless access paths to flow through
>our body's and environment.
>
>I wonder if these MIT people thought about this when they
>came up with the idea. I guess the more uncommon diseases
>that get mutated as a result of technology, it gives the Pharm
>Industry business to make $ from it and gives our Govmt
>lobbyists to line the pockets of the already rich and corrupt.
>
>See Technology isn't always bad...
>
>P-Funk
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>From: "Ed Xavier Gonzalez" <ohlaser at swbell.net>
>To: <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:44 AM
>Subject: [Robotgroup] Cool NASA News
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>
>
> >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >* MIT Team Demonstrates Wireless Power Transfer Technology
> >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >
> >WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER
> >A team from MIT has demonstrated wireless power transfer, which
> >would enable cell phones, MP3 players, laptops, and other portable
> >electronics to charge themselves without being plugged in. Some of
> >these devices may not even need their batteries to operate.
> >
> >The team was able to light a 60W light bulb from a power source
> >seven feet away with no physical connection between the two. The MIT
> >concept is called WiTricity (wireless electricity) and is based on
> >using magnetically coupled resonant objects. Two resonant objects of
> >the same resonant frequency can exchange energy efficiently, while
> >interacting weakly with off-resonant objects.
> >This technology is suited to everyday applications because most
> >common materials interact only weakly with magnetic fields, so
> >interactions with extraneous environmental objects are suppressed.
> >
> >According to MIT Professor John Joannopoulos, the reason no one
> >previously had thought of the idea -- which is based on well-known
> >laws of physics -- is because "there was no great demand for such a
> >system" in the past. "Over the past several years, portable
> >electronic devices such as laptops, cell phones, iPods, and even
> >household robots have become widespread, all of which require
> >batteries that need to be recharged often."
> >
> >For more information visit: http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20070618A2
>
><The right to Free Speech does not diminish the value of remaining silent>
>
>Ed Xavier Gonzalez
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