Field Trip

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY


Wireless technology, especially in schools, has become an increasingly controversial topic. The steady increase in youth cell phone use and the location of cell towers, as well as the increased use of wireless networks and devices in schools, has made the potential effects of wireless technology on students’ health and safety a concern to many parents and educators.

The type of energy used in wireless technology is radio frequency (RF). In other words, it is not strong enough to affect the structure of atoms it contacts.

RF can be dangerous at very high levels because it creates heat, and has the ability to heat tissue rapidly. This is the principle by which microwave ovens cook food. Cell phones and wireless networks produce RF, but not at levels that can cause significant heating. For cell towers, RF energy decreases rapidly with distance and ground-level exposures are typically well below exposure limits set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Wireless technology is still relatively new, and world-wide, researchers continue to study the effects of long-term exposure. To-date, the scientific evidence linking long-term use of cell phones to cancer or other health effects is not conclusive. More research is needed to clarify the question of safety.

IMAGINE THE WORLD WITHOUT WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

I think if there are no wireless technologies, me and other people will feel bored.How can we bring gadgets if there are no wireless technologies

its hard if the gadgets and device have wires

thanks to wireless technologies