News tagged with cell phone towers


Hurricane Katrina: Phone home

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Though New Orleans residents were told to evacuate days before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, no one could have predicted the real extent of the devastation.





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Leaving mobile phones near to a bee hive was found to have a catastrophic effect

Mobile phone towers a threat to honey bees: study

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 9

The electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phone towers and cellphones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study published in India has concluded.


Study calls cell towers safe

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 26, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A study funded by the British government says mobile phone towers are not harmful to human health.


AT&T to sell satellite phone from TerreStar

AT&T to sell satellite phone from TerreStar

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. plans to sell a satellite phone from TerreStar Corp. that can place calls even in the deep wilderness or at sea, the carrier said Wednesday.


Report: Dell to make Android phone for AT&T

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A newspaper report says Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system.


The unicycling clown phenomenon: Talking, walking and driving with cell phone users

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Everyone tends to float off into space once in a while and fail to see what is sitting there right in front of them. Recently researchers decided to put the theory of "inattentional blindness" to the test: the unicycling ...


It's phone over sex for some

Technology / Other

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Who needs foreplay when you have a cell phone?


Cell phone jammer

Cell phone jammers raise question: who controls the airwaves?

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 09, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (36) | comments 7

As more people go about chatting obliviously on their cell phones in public places, foreign companies have enjoyed increasing US sales of a new, albeit illegal, device: the cell phone jammer. When you turn ...


Space: The final frontier for cell phones? (AP)

Space: The final frontier for cell phones?

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when ...


Mobile phone and Motorola researcher Martin Cooper said mobile devices have become too complex

Mobile phone inventor wants devices to go back to basics

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The inventor of the mobile phone said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades ago.


Telecom crews ready for Rita's rampage

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created Sep 23, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cadres of telecom crews are standing by for the arrival of Rita, the second major hurricane to plow into the wobbly Gulf Coast this season.



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