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April 2021
09
Apr

CONSTELLATIONS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES: FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT DAY

April 9, 2021
04/08/2021 Source: ANFR https://www.anfr.fr/toutes-les-actualites/actualites/les-constellations-de-satellites-de-telecommunications-des-origines-a-nos-jours/ (Auto-translated from French) In the field of radiocommunications, engineers have always favored high points to install transmitters and receivers: going upwards allows very wide areas to be covered and thus reduces deployment costs. The conquest of space has created the possibility of placing transceivers on artificial satellites that fly over the Earth...
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08
Apr

Full report published related to BERENIS newsletter on oxidative stress of electromagnetic fields: biological effects and consequences for health.

April 8, 2021
January 2021, BERENIS newsletter: possible correlation between oxidative stress and exposure to magnetic and electromagnetic fields and their putative effects on health Full report: EMFSA: Note, from the report below: “A trend is emerging, which becomes clear even when taking these methodological weaknesses into account, i.e., that EMF exposure, even in the low dose range,...
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08
Apr

Manmade Electromagnetic Fields and Oxidative Stress—Biological Effects and Consequences for Health

April 8, 2021
Schuermann, D.; Mevissen, M. Manmade Electromagnetic Fields and Oxidative Stress—Biological Effects and Consequences for Health. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 3772. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073772 Abstract Concomitant with the ever-expanding use of electrical appliances and mobile communication systems, public and occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) in the extremely-low-frequency and radiofrequency range has become a widely debated environmental risk factor...
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07
Apr

Cell Tower Application: Melkbos High School

April 7, 2021
This is the second application. The first application in 2020 was successfully objected to. SITE NAME: MELKBOS HIGH SCHOOL1086 Otto Du Plessis DriveOWNER OF PROPERTY: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT – WESTERN CAPE LOCAL AUTHORITY CONSENT USE & PERMANENT DEPARTURESAPPLICATION FOR A FREESTANDING CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS BASESTATION   Purpose of the application Consent Use in terms of the Development Management...
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06
Apr

In memoriam – Professor Yuri Grigoriev

April 6, 2021
10th of May 2021: We have updated our post to include an obituary by Microwave News Read our obituary of Yuri Grigoriev who died in April. He had an extraordinary life and helped frame two major controversies that have long polarized the world of #RF/MW health: the role of modulations in bioeffects research and how...
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06
Apr

Nonuniform Exposure to the Cornea from Millimeter Waves

April 6, 2021
Foster KR, Laakso I, Chalfin S. Nonuniform Exposure to the Cornea from Millimeter Waves. Health Phys. 2021 May 1;120(5):525-531. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001376. PMID: 33760769. Abstract This study examines the nonuniform exposure to the cornea from incident millimeter waves at 94-100 GHz. Two previous studies measured temperature increases in the rhesus cornea exposed to brief (1-6 s)...
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06
Apr

Leveraging the 5G Network to Wirelessly Power IoT Devices

April 6, 2021
Source: Georgia Tech News Center https://www.news.gatech.edu/2021/03/25/leveraging-5g-network-wirelessly-power-iot-devices Rotman Lens-based ‘Rectenna’ Capable of Millimeter-wave Harvesting at 28-GHz With High Efficiency From All Directions for First Time. By Anne Wainscott-Sargent | MARCH 25, 2021 • ATLANTA, GA No more device batteries? Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology’s ATHENA lab discuss an innovative way to tap into the over-capacity of 5G networks,...
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06
Apr

SPECIAL REPORT: 5G opens the gates for surveillance on steroids

April 6, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: 5G opens the gates for surveillance on steroids https://t.co/S5d2CZ4uhy— Daily Maverick (@dailymaverick) April 6, 2021 By Heidi Swart • 6 April 2021 Heidi Swart is a journalist who reports on surveillance and data privacy. This story was commissioned by the Media Policy and Democracy Project, an initiative of the University of Johannesburg’s Department of...
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05
Apr

Wi-Fi devices set to become object sensors by 2024 under planned 802.11bf standard

April 5, 2021
Security and privacy still left to fix, preferably before launch Thomas Claburn in San Francisco Wed 31 Mar 2021 https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/31/wifi_devices_monitoring/ In three years or so, the Wi-Fi specification is scheduled to get an upgrade that will turn wireless devices into sensors capable of gathering data about the people and objects bathed in their signals. “When 802.11bf will be finalized...
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05
Apr

ICASA: DRAFT MOBILE BROADBAND SERVICES REGULATIONS

April 5, 2021
Following the Market Inquiry into Mobile Broadband Services, the Authority has published the Draft Mobile Broadband Services Regulations. https://t.co/EVEW2SHcS9 pic.twitter.com/WpGqgeSmka— ICASA (@ICASA_org) March 31, 2021 The purpose of these regulations is to amongst others, impose appropriate pro-competitive license conditions on those licensees having significant market power to remedy the market failure; and provide for monitoring...
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