The EM Brace, a thesis project by Nick Hasty, is a wearable device that lets you experience electromagnetic radiation emitted by devices and gadgets that are around us.
Cell phones, computers, power tools - pretty much everything with electronic components emit electromagnetic frequencies (EMF) that pass through our bodies unnoticed. Nick's device translates EMF into vibrations that can be felt by the wearer.
Link (with video) | More on Nick's Blog - via Rhizome, thanks gene!
Previously on Neatorama: Become Magneto with Magnet Implants
EMF don't harm us....I smell pseudoscience....trying to scare people who think that a cellphone will give you a brain tumor or your laptop will make you sterile.
Pretty cool.
EMFs are not just radio waves, Sofar. The term can include things like magnetic fields, as well as things like x-rays and gamma rays (which are NOT harmless).
Scientists are still out on whether or not everyday EMF is causing any definite harm to the public. Some studies show significant tumor growth, while others find nothing at all. I guess time will tell.