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Science, Politics, and Groupthink [Health Matters]

J. C. Lin, “Science, Politics, and Groupthink [Health Matters],” in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 24-26, May 2021, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2021.3056975. Abstract: Discusses how the COVID-19 health pandemic worldwide was complicated by not only health and medical concerns, but the inclusion of politics, conspiracy theories, and social media. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9393739 Extract Recently, a privately constituted […]

Dariusz Leszczynski – 5G is testing the limits of trust

Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications of Dariusz Leszczynski https://betweenrockandhardplace.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/june-2020-leszczynski-curriculum-vitae-and-list-of-publications.pdf 5G & Health with Dariusz Leszczynski In 2020, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) published updated safety guidelines for exposures to radio-frequency radiation (RF-EMF) emitted by wireless communication devices and networks, such as mobile phones or mobile phone base stations. This publication replaced the ICNIRP 1998 […]

Report on Mega-Constellations to the Government of Canada and the Canadian Space Agency

[Submitted on 12 Apr 2021] This document provides recommendations to the Government of Canada and the Canadian Space Agency in response to their call for feedback on the future of Canadian space exploration. The report focuses on how the construction and long-term placement of mega-constellations of satellites into Earth orbit will affect astronomy and the […]

German government announces financing for ‘6G’ technologies

Source: https://www.rcrwireless.com/20210412/network-infrastructure/german-government-announces-financing-for-6g-technologies By Juan Pedro Tomás on APRIL 12, 2021 German government announces financing for 6G technologies The German government plans to provide up to 700 million euros ($833 million) in financing for research into 6G technologies by 2025. In a release, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) said it is starting the first German research […]

5G Positioning Reaches 3 Meters Inside China Subway Station

By Inside GNSS April 12, 2021 https://insidegnss.com/186153-2/ China Mobile Suzhou and Huawei have verified 5G indoor positioning capability in metro transport scenarios in Suzhou, China. The verification showed that, even with Pico Remote Radio Units (pRRUs) hidden, a positioning precision of 3 to 5 m can be achieved in 90% of the platform and hall areas. Verificiation […]

Lockheed Martin and Omnispace eye global 5G hybrid network to link military soldiers, sailors and airmen

Future space-based 5G global network would enable users to switch between satellite and terrestrial networks to eliminate the need for several devices. Source: https://www.militaryaerospace.com/communications/article/14201123/5g-network-military Apr 13th, 2021 CITY, state – Lockheed Martin and Omnispace are teaming to develop the enabling technologies to deliver 5G connectivity on a global scale. New Atlas reports. Continue reading original article The Military & […]

Effects of dim artificial light at night on locomotor activity, cardiovascular physiology, and circadian clock genes in a diurnal songbird

Alaasam VJ, Liu X, Niu Y, Habibian JS, Pieraut S, Ferguson BS, Zhang Y, Ouyang JQ. Effects of dim artificial light at night on locomotor activity, cardiovascular physiology, and circadian clock genes in a diurnal songbird. Environ Pollut. 2021 Mar 31;282:117036. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117036. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33838441. Abstract Artificial light is transforming the […]

Time to regulate AI that interprets human emotions

Source: Nature WORLD VIEW, 06 APRIL 2021 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00868-5 Kate Crawford During the pandemic, technology companies have been pitching their emotion-recognition software for monitoring workers and even children remotely. Take, for example, a system named 4 Little Trees. Developed in Hong Kong, the program claims to assess children’s emotions while they do classwork. It maps facial features […]

Nikola Tesla: 5G network could realise his dream of wireless electricity, a century after experiments failed

Source: The Conversation https://theconversation.com/nikola-tesla-5g-network-could-realise-his-dream-of-wireless-electricity-a-century-after-experiments-failed-158665 April 9, 2021 Authors Elena Gaura Associate Dean for Research, Coventry University James Peter Brusey Professor of Computer Science, Coventry University At the height of his career, the pioneering electrical engineer Nikola Tesla became obsessed with an idea. He theorised that electricity could be transmitted wirelessly through the air at long […]