Comments on: The EM Brace by Nick Hasty

By: Vako

Vako — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:08:39 +0000

Vibrating your body with high-amplitude / low frequency sound energy is also medically contra-indicated. I hope his device has a volume control. By the way I'm going to a heavy metal concert today. It's contra-indicated.

By: Sofar

Sofar — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:02:44 +0000

The machine won't detect gamma rays, gamma rays are above the visible spectrum, the stuff everyone's afraid of is below it.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:23:40 +0000

The finger magnet was cooler.

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:14:14 +0000

Like we need another reason for kooks to claim that they are somehow "sensitive" to it.... I would like to know what kind of frequency response the thing has -- as Sofar noted, radio waves of some frequency are (almost) everywhere on Earth. This thing oughta be vibrating like a marital aid plugged into a 220V outlet.

By: dotdotdot

dotdotdot — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:34:38 +0000

it's been done before. in a far more integrated and ergonomic way, too.

By: JoshuaS

JoshuaS — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:11:24 +0000

I am currently a Nuclear Medicine student. To say that Radio waves are not harmless is just silly. Any radiation (yes radio waves and magnetic fields are considered radiation) has the ability to cause chromosomal changes within a cell. The odds of a particular radio wave of causing a change is rare however.

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.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:48:49 +0000

Still, I imagine the experience would be rather alarming, once we see how many waves are actually going through us on a day-to-day basis.

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).

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:36:05 +0000

This can be done in a much simpler way--there was a guy who had a small magnet encased in a plastic case which allowed some room for it to move. He then implanted it into his finger. He could detect live wires (even the frequency of electricity running in the wire, as well as a range of other EM phenomena.

Pretty cool.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:52:42 +0000

Thanks for clarifying that Sofar

By: Sofar

Sofar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:12:08 +0000

Before we start, let me remind everyone that electromagnetic radiation is a fancy name for radio waves, and has nothing to do with particular radiation, the stuff you get from radioactive materials.

By: Some Canadian Skeptic

Some Canadian Skeptic — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:14:49 +0000

ummmmm....why?
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.