3G Waves Causes Headaches, Sharpens Memory

jonknee writes "MobileTracker noted that an interesting study on 3G cellular networks has been released out of Amsterdam. The findings were that exposure to 3G waves can cause headaches and nausea (conventional cellular service doesn't have these effects). It also found that those same subjects had better memory and reaction times (conventional cellular networks have the same effect)!"

Sharpen the brains is good there...

[DavidpFitz]

With all that weed smoked in Amsterdam, they can do with all the brain sharpening they can get!

Maybe this will balance them out a bit :-)

Outstanding

[stanmann]

Next time I have to take a test, I'll carry an old motorola briefcase phone with me and Make sure it is sending and recieving.

Amsterdam??

[Mephie]

Are they sure it's not the hash?

Not for me

[Anonymous Coward]

Considering my failure to achieve first post, the nearest 3G transmitter must be miles away.

Whoo Hoo!

[CGP314]

It also found that those same subjects had better memory and reaction times

Screw studying for that test, I'm going to talk to my friends on my cell phone all night!

ug...

[grub]

It also found that those same subjects had better memory and reaction times (conventional cellular networks have the same effect)!"

Now if I could only remember I left my cell phone...

Talk and drive

[stanmann]

It looks like the idea that using a cell phone is detrimental to driving performance is faulty. Since Reaction times are dramatically improved, I expect that within a few years you will be required to use a cell phone while driving.

Re:Sharpen the brains is good there...

[hanwen]

With all that weed smoked in Amsterdam, they can do with all the brain sharpening they can get!

bollocks, it's all those bloody tourists getting high.

So you remember you need to get to the meeting,...

[burgburgburg]

but you're too dizzy and unstable to make it. So you call in instead, using your 3G cellular phone.

GENIUS!

Re:Sharpen the brains is good there...

[lanswitch]

Right now i'm nauseaus and I feel a headache coming on. It culd be because I'm near Amsterdam with all its "radio-activity", because of "all the weed" I smoked today, or because of the sillyness of your remark. I'm off to puke while you make the decision.

btw is that jealousy I sense?

Headaches

[Anonymous Coward]

...can cause headaches and nausea (conventional cellular service doesn't have these effects)

Obviously the writer of this article has never dealt with Verizon (or many other telecomm companies).

Doh...

[Storebj0rn]

There is no hash in UMTS, only CRC's.

Amsterdam

[nitz7978]

Is yet another symptom of "3g" the munchies?

Re:Whoo Hoo!

[Anonymous Coward]

Sometime ago, I have been told that 3G Waves could cause short-term lack of memory, but I cant really remember if that has happened to me.

Re:But what about CDMA2000?

[OverlordQ]

Hmmm, that's interesting, one would thing the residual IRQ going over the PCI would cancel out the WTF that allows people to RTFM, that being the primary cause of people wondering what the heck others just said.

Re:Amsterdam??

[bruthasj]

No. It's under the limit heroine of course! Get it now for 9.99 in a special offer that will also enlarge your penis!

Good and the Bad

[mindshadow]

Sounds like the movie Phenomenon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117333/) to me... great powers and whatnot, but then you only get laid once and die of a brain tumor... no thanks.

RTFA

[$eRvmanIO]

Let's see...

The study, the first of its kind, tested the impact of radiation from base stations used for the current mobile telephone network...

That's exactly what I do everyday...I hang around cell phone towers everyday to sharpen my memory and response times!

Riiiigghht

Re:alertness

[slykens]

could be the bodies reaction to brain damage.

Yes, you see, it is true the brain is like a herd of buffalo.

You see, a herd of buffalo can only move as fast as its slowest members. When those members are killed the entire herd moves faster. So when (alcohol, 3G RF, other substances) kill off the slower brain cells the entire brain operates more efficiently!

Speaking realistically, however, I occasionally have the opportunity to visit a building roof mounted cell site and when I do I always come away with a very dull headache. This is an 800 MHz primarily but there is some 1900 MHz there too.

Fools!

[kinnell]

You all laughed at me and my tinfoil beanie, but who's laughing now? Eh? Eh?

since i often carry my phone in my pocket...

[Anonymous Coward]

Have they done tests to see what other extra benefits they may have? Maybe I can disregard all of that penis enlargement spam.

Re:They must be talking to my ex-girlfriends...

[Bendebecker]

It also sharpens my memory... I remember why I broke up with them!

But why!

[DigitalBubblebath]

However, cognitive functions such as memory and response times were boosted by both 3G signals and the current ones, the study found.

Well fair enough then. That might be true, but I do wonder how and why they decided to test that.

"Nausea, headaches, loss of appetite ... check.
Abandonment of self-awareness and general consideration in public places ... check
Ability to memorise deck of cards ... check
Limb mutation .. uhh ... check"

I am A FricKin JEAN-YUS!

[teamhasnoi]

After reading this article, I have attained super-smarts by poining my Airport Extreme Cantenna directly at my frontal lobes.

I'm getting a nice tan and I know the theories behind it! Wow - did you guys know that you can look at the sun and get the same effect? I have also discovered that my reaction time to getting modded down has been reduced to mere minutes!

This is truly a golden age, and not some wireless corporation's self-serving sponsored study. Say that 10 times fast - I can!

I can fly too - you guys gotta try this!!

Re:alertness

[soulsteal]

I've been using a cell phone for the last few years and I don't feel dain bramaged at all.

Re:Talk and drive

[Walterk]

Well, almost right. The distration of talking to someone more than compensates for any increase in reaction time. Instead what will be mandatory will be at least 3 passengers all babbeling their heads off (preferable female, as they have superious talking performance) to other people on mobile phones, while you are free to concentrate on the road with your enhanced reaction time.

Re:Link to the report (in Dutch)

[jeorgen]

TNO is the Dutch equivalent of the German TUV if I'm not mistaken. A very respected institute in the Netherlands

Not everyone on slashdot may know what the TNO and TUV is. To clarify it is the Dutch and German equivalent to the Swedish SIS.

:-)

/jeorgen

Re:alertness

[mrtroy]

I disagree here.

My strategy has always been to use large quantities of alcohol to put a survival of the fittest in my brain.

The more you drink, the better this idea gets.

It does not help you do well in exams - dont listen!

Re:Sharpen the brains is good there...

[Stingr]

That's just crazy talk.

Everyone knows that a joint in the hand is worth two 3G phones next to your head.