Originally posted by JerryFF:
You can simulate some of the interference yourself with the following experiment. Get a portable radio and bring it near your computer. Then, make some changes or run some program on your computer and you will hear a lot of interference on the radio. I'm not sure if that is exactly what happens with cell phones, since I am not an electronics expert, but "electronic devices" emit all kinds of signals that interfere with other "electronic devices."
that is right. cell phone's effect is similar to what you have described. i once used the (fixed line) phone in a hotel room, and my cell phone ring (vibrates). i heard huge noise in my telephone while the cell phone rings. because i put my cell phone fairly close to the telephone wires.
it is the general electronics which emit some noise signal. and there is no evidence for any correlation to the fact that cell phone communicate via electromagnetic wave (i.e the 900Mhz/1800Mhz/1900Mhz has nothing to do with the airplane's communication)
along this line, also note that cell phones do NOT "fry" your brain. all the studies show that cell phones emits x mW of energy. they r most likely refering to the 'heat' they released in microwave, i.e. ur cell phone is warm, isn't it? any devices that consumes battery power produce heat and some of those heat are emitted with microwave/infrared. and microwave is miles away from the wave that causes cancer (i.e. the other side of the visible light spectrum)
to put it simpler, exposing yourself to normal sunlight does more harm to you that exposing to the cell phone's emission.
so, dont believe in the brain cancer BS, unless your cell phone uses nuclear power.