Comments on: Pong iPhone Case Blocks Harmful Radiation

By: orangesrhyme

orangesrhyme — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:38:10 +0000

Bahaha, then the metal backing of your $60 dollars you just invested shorts out your $300 phone, and then it'll for sure protect you from 100% of the radiation. Permanently.

By: orangesrhyme

orangesrhyme — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:38:10 +0000

Bahaha, then the metal backing of your $60 dollars you just invested shorts out your $300 phone, and then it'll for sure protect you from 100% of the radiation. Permanently.

By: blairf_felgenheimer

blairf_felgenheimer — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:16:49 +0000

Great .. now how am I to get my cell phone popcorn fix?

By: glacia

glacia — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:37:44 +0000

The key work here is 'block'. You typically have 2 types of material for this type of application; one which absorbs the energy and one that blocks it. Since this says 'block' I'll assume it's the latter. This means the energy is not lost in heat as it would be were it absorbed therefore it's being reflected. The cover wraps around the part of the phone not facing the person and leaves the part against your head open. So the energy is reflected back to the user. And and the users head is therefore absorbing MORE of the energy. However even if they're using an absorber material as Absentia points out if you attenuate the power you're reducing its effective signal strength. This is a dumb idea no matter how you look at it.

By: Absentia

Absentia — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:57:19 +0000

If you are blocking the radiation, you are dropping its strength is communicating with the cell phone tower. All cell signals are forms of radiation, but its all non-ionizing and at such a low wattage it doesn't matter.