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Where is the wifi/bluetooth antenna on HoloLens (RF emitter)?
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I have attended a presentation about the HoloLens today and found out the antenna in in the front. It is located above the nose and very close to the eyes. This is a design flaw. I also asked if Microsoft did any work in blocking the emf. They did not. We should all go to sleep because there is no proof the radiation is dangerous. That is what I was told by a Microsoft MVP.
I find it disturbing to find out that in 2016 nobody seems to care about the effects of emf to the body. Especially the eyes are very sensitive to this kind of frequencies. You are basically mounting the device on your skull, so your skull is fully exposed and so are the eyes. This is one of the first devices that causes this kind of prolonged exposure. So we should think about if this is desirable.
The WHO is warning us since 2013 that emf may be causing cancer. Especially brain tumors because of mobile phone use.
I would expect that the antenna of the HoloLens would be further away from the head, not in the vicinity of the eyes. Furthermore they should create a shielding between skull and antenna.
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I don't think so. Were you thinking about turning the Hololens into it's own access point for other devices to connect to? Much like an iPhone app does for a Parrot Drone?
Nope, I want to find out where the transmitter is, and the power involved - certain areas get warm. Remember the transmitter is somewhere near your brain... Ideally they would have designed the HoloLens transmitter to be on the outermost edges - this is a development edition so feedback on an important item like this could be useful to Microsoft and help our joint customers who would buy the production version.
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I have attended a presentation about the HoloLens today and found out the antenna in in the front. It is located above the nose and very close to the eyes. This is a design flaw. I also asked if Microsoft did any work in blocking the emf. They did not. We should all go to sleep because there is no proof the radiation is dangerous. That is what I was told by a Microsoft MVP.
I find it disturbing to find out that in 2016 nobody seems to care about the effects of emf to the body. Especially the eyes are very sensitive to this kind of frequencies. You are basically mounting the device on your skull, so your skull is fully exposed and so are the eyes. This is one of the first devices that causes this kind of prolonged exposure. So we should think about if this is desirable.
The WHO is warning us since 2013 that emf may be causing cancer. Especially brain tumors because of mobile phone use.
I would expect that the antenna of the HoloLens would be further away from the head, not in the vicinity of the eyes. Furthermore they should create a shielding between skull and antenna.
@session This info on potential location of the antenna is helpful. WiFi and bluetooth are less powerful than cell phones we hold to our ears, but these signals can be an issue - it is a function of signal power and distance from tissue (diminishes as square of the distance). Maybe it would be possible as an option for HoloLens to allow a micro-usb attachment from their power connect to support wifi/bt/cell by attaching to a cell phone. I know this introduces a potential (mobile) tether, but for long use people may want this choice. Another option is to allow the user a system setting to use bluetooth only and wirelessly tether to a cell phone or nearby PC since the bluetooth power is supposed to be less than wifi and is intended for this kind of use.
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This may be a matter of consumer education. There is no evidence for the type of EMF used by the Bluetooth and wifi radios causing any tissue damage or specifically cancer. From the National Cancer Institute's page (updated May 2016):
"No mechanism by which ELF-EMFs or radiofrequency radiation could cause cancer has been identified. Unlike high-energy (ionizing) radiation, EMFs in the non-ionizing part of the electromagnetic spectrum cannot damage DNA or cells directly. Some scientists have speculated that ELF-EMFs could cause cancer through other mechanisms, such as by reducing levels of the hormone melatonin. There is some evidence that melatonin may suppress the development of certain tumors."
For the full article: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/electromagnetic-fields-fact-sheet
Are you sure?
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf
Did you know that the former CEO of Microsoft Canada left Microsoft to educate people about radiation? So I find myself in good company.
But why the discussion.
I could also give a lot of links. I do not want to do that.
We have an obligation to the children of this world to demand safe techniques. This developer edition is clearly not designed with the warnings of numerous scientists in mind. Microsoft could listen to these remarks because we (developers and users) have to work with these new tools. Shielding the skull from the direct radiation of the antenna would be a great step forwards.
@randyiform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKUGJsjQeGY
Nice to watch. It is a Belgium documentairy. But later on you get the latest information in English about how many people are sewing the mobile industry because of brain tumors and hiding proof of this. Mindblowing!
Following up on this - the IARC classified cell phone radiation in category 2B, which includes substances such as coffee, pickled vegetables, carbon black (carbon paper), gasoline exhaust, talcum powder, and nickel (coins). It is also important to note that the IARC opinion was highly controversial.
I agree fully with you that we have an obligation to provide safe products, be they drug, food or technology. In this case, there is extremely weak evidence that cell phone EMF correlates with increased incidence of glioma (brain cancer) and certainly no causative evidence. There is certainly not enough evidence (for this topic) to warrant a health warning label on devices like HoloLens.
I'm happy to continue the discussion if you'd like to PM me!