Comment Re:Network Burn (Score 1) 225
There are two issues you probably have to worry about.
One band of harmful EM radiation is the ionizing radiation, high energy photons that are X-rays and gamma rays. Naturally, 802.11n won't be these.
UV rays are harmful at high enough intensities. Microwaves, which cause water molecules to resonate and therefore heat up, are around the 2 GHz frequency of 802.11.
However, you must remember that the effects rely entirely on the power output. If our wireless transmitters had a power output of 3000 W like our microwave ovens, then yes we should be worried. However, the tiny milliwatt outputs aren't an issue.
There have been worries that low frequency (radio wave) RF can induce microamp currents in cells, killing them, but this theory is unsubstantiated.
One band of harmful EM radiation is the ionizing radiation, high energy photons that are X-rays and gamma rays. Naturally, 802.11n won't be these.
UV rays are harmful at high enough intensities. Microwaves, which cause water molecules to resonate and therefore heat up, are around the 2 GHz frequency of 802.11.
However, you must remember that the effects rely entirely on the power output. If our wireless transmitters had a power output of 3000 W like our microwave ovens, then yes we should be worried. However, the tiny milliwatt outputs aren't an issue.
There have been worries that low frequency (radio wave) RF can induce microamp currents in cells, killing them, but this theory is unsubstantiated.
