Friday, December 28, 2012

New App Reveals the Radiation Coming From Your Phone


The long-lasting battle over which smartphone is best may have finally met its proper app.

For decades now, cell phones have been linked to transmitting dangerous radiation onto its users. Many have argued that the radiation can be harmful while others just chalk it up as a myth.

But a new application for the Android phone has brought the discussion of phone safety to the mainstream. The app that recently was announced not only monitors how much radiation the phone is sending out but also warns the user of levels if they are too high and recommends switching to the speaker phone.

According to the Dailymail, studies have tested if electromagnetic radiation can be sent out from the handset and can go directly to a user’s brain causing serious problems like cancer. The results of these cancer studies have proven inconclusive, but the concern is still very real and present in the smartphone community, as studies are limited.

Several national health organizations have recommended the continuation of monitoring the radiation, and it’s effects, as there is very little knowledge of risk after 15 years from first exposure. So although there is no proven link, the possibility for dangerous radiation absorbed by mobile phone users is still present.

This new Android app hopes to prevent any danger to its user while trying to rid the concern of smartphone users around the world. The app sounds like it should be available in all models of phones, being that it prevents serious and dangerous radiation from entering a user’s body.

But here is where you need to be worried, specifically those among the reported 1 billion iPhone users around the world…

You don’t have access to this application.

The app, called Tawkon, is not available to Apple’s handsets. But why? Such a revolutionary application deserves to be on all phone models, right? Well the late CEO Steve Jobs didn’t think so, as he personally turned it down in a concise email to the founders of Tawkon.

Jobs was known to personally respond to numerous emails from the public and when Takwon founders contacted him, looking for assistance to get their app off the ground,  Jobs answer was simple:

“No interest.” (Sent from his iPhone, of course).

The questions remain about Jobs intentions; some feel he did not want any negative press or discussion of radiation in relation to the iPhone, others feel it was an oversight.

The founders of Takwon defend their product and explain that phones are already well-equipped with what you need to protect yourself from radiation, you just don’t have access to that information. That's why they made the app.

From the Dailymail,

The app warns when radiation levels from a phone are high - taking into account the model, and what is transmitting through its aerials, and even offers tips on how to lower your radiation levels.

'Tawkon is a free app that alerts you when your phone radiation level spikes, and offers tips to help you lower it,' say its creators.

The way it works is the phones senses the activities of components inside the handset that cause radiation to spike. Then the application suggests you hold the phone away from your head or simply hang up.

And for those lucky Android owners, the application is a hit. It’s been downloaded 10,000 times in less than a week while iPhone users are left glowing with envy (and presumably radiation).

Numerous health agencies have said that they would continue to advise a precautionary approach to radiation from mobile phones and closely review all studies. But in the meantime they recommend that ‘excessive’ use of mobile phones by children should be discouraged, as for adults, the choice is based upon how much they care to reduce the risk of exposure.

You can download the app here.

 

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