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highly effective microwave protection to combat cell phone radiation
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handy-fashions.com presented in German technology museum
On January, 26th. , 2003, Germany´s largest technology museum, the Heinz Nixdorf Museum in Paderborn, presents products from handy-fashions.com within an exhibition on mobile phone technology. The products have been shown on the cat walk with life models.
handy-fashions.com presented in US technology museum
The Bakken Museum in Minneapolis, USA is a museum of electricity and magnetism in the life sciences. It has been founded by Earl Bakken (the inventor of the wearable cardiac pacemaker). The museum presents products and information from handy-fashions.com.
International media on handy-fashions.com
USA/international
CNN, 21./22. nov. 2002
Hat to combat cell phone health worries
Tuesday, November 19, 2002 Posted: 1904 GMT
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OSLO, Norway (Reuters) - A Norwegian-based group launched a novel baseball-style cap this week to shield users of mobile telephones from radio emissions that some people fear can trigger cancers.
The "Mobile Cap," going on sale for 385 Norwegian crowns ($53) each, includes a light metal tissue that channels almost 100 percent of radio waves away from the head while allowing sound to pass through.
"The cap has a layer of woven silver," Walter Kraus, head of the Handy-Fashions group that produces the headwear, said. "It's no heavier than a normal cap." The blue or black peaked caps have flaps that fold down over the ear.
Some people worry that radio emissions from mobile telephones can cause brain tumors or other cancers. But international studies of possible dangers have produced often conflicting evidence.
The scientific evidence
A recent study by Australian researchers over three years found that radio emissions from mobile phones did not trigger tumors in mice, and so probably did not do so in humans either.
That followed another Australian study on mice five years ago that said cellular phones could foster tumor growth.
Swedish researchers said that long-term users of first-generation mobiles faced an 80 percent greater risk than non-users of developing brain tumors. But a Danish study last year of 400,000 mobile phone users found no greater cancer risk.
Filtering out emissions
Professor Peter Pauli of the University of the German Armed Forces said that materials of fine woven metal like silver, copper or steel could filter out about 95 percent of emissions from a mobile phone.
"Similar tissues are used to shield sensitive items in rockets and explosives," he said. In military equipment, the metal helps prevent sudden radio bursts from detonating a charge and so could also deflect radiation from the head.
Copyright 2002 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Norway
it-avisen: Tor 21. nov 2002
Norsk lue hindrer stråling
Beskytter hjernen
Øreklaffen foldes ned foran øret under samtaler.
Den norske oppfinnelsen er heldigvis ikke en nisselue, men en baseball-cap som gjør hodet ditt strålingssikkert.
Luen lages av norske Handy Fashions COM AS og er i følge produsenten 99,999 % effektiv i skjerming av stråling mot hodet, samtidig som lyden fra mobiltelefonen slipper gjennom.
Inne i luen er et lag av vevd sølv som vanligvis brukes for å skjerme missiler og andre militære effekter fra spontan detonering.
Det samme materialet kan i tillegg øke signalet og fungere som en ekstern antenne for telefonen din i strøk med dårlig dekning.
Synes du ikke at baseball-luen er helt din stil kan du jo heller kjøpe den designervesten i sølv eller skjerfet som utfører de samme oppgavene.
Ingen sammenheng
Flere og flere brukere av mobiltelefoner og annet trådløst utstyr bekymrer seg for effektene av strålingen de blir utsatt for.
Selv om alle de siste forskningsprosjekter har vist at det ikke er noen direkte sammenheng mellom mobilstråling kreft, føler ikke alle seg helt trygge. Det er på den annen side dokumentert at stråling kan akselerere utbredelsen av leukemi hos pasienter som allerede er syke.
Vi Menn, 9/2003, Oslo
MMS, Se og Hør, 6/2003
USA
http://www.technologyreports.net/wirelessreport/index.html?articleID=849
Mobile Cap to Combat Phone Health Worries
By Barry Zellen
Winter 2002/2003
For cell-phone users more worried about the potential risk of cancer than keeping up with fashion trends, a Norwegian company called Handy-Fashions.com has introduced a product designed for you - and which it claims can protect cell phone users from potentially cancer-causing radio waves.
This product is none other than the Mobile Cap.
Handy-fashions.com "offers fashionable and specially designed textile products for cellular phone users," according to the company's website (www.handy-fashions.com). "Our products are made of a special fabric, normally used by the military to shield missiles in extreme microwave exposed environments. Handy-Fashions.com presents the cutting edge of microwave shielding technology for mobile phones, and it looks fancy and fashionable, too."
According to the company:
A mobile cap is the most effective tool to protect you and your children from microwaves whilst using a cellular phone. Don't take any risks, but still enjoy the convenience of modern communication technology.
The mobile cap is especially important for children and youngsters. With the mobile cap it is undoubtedly safe to use the cellular phone - even for children. As long as the mobile cap is positioned between the skin and the cellular phone, the skin beneath will not be able to absorb the microwaves. Our special shielding material with more than 99.999 % shielding ability is a guarantee for that. (read more)
In addition, your mobile cap will increase the reception ability of your cellular phone during use.
Read all about effective shielding technology by pressing our technology links - and please, have a good look at our models, too. They look great!
You can learn all about Norway's latest fashion trend at: www.handy-fashions.com.
"The cap has a layer of woven silver," Walter Kraus, head of the Handy-Fashions group that produces the headwear, told Reuters. "It's no heavier than a normal cap."
Reuters reported that "The blue or black peaked caps have flaps that fold down over the ear. Some people worry that radio emissions from mobile telephones can cause brain tumors or other cancers. But international studies of possible dangers have produced often conflicting evidence."
Reuters also reported that "A recent study by Australian researchers over three years found that radio emissions from mobile phones did not trigger tumors in mice, and so probably did not do so in humans either. That followed another Australian study on mice five years ago that said cellular phones could foster tumor growth. Swedish researchers said that long-term users of first-generation mobiles faced an 80 percent greater risk than non-users of developing brain tumors. But a Danish study last year of 400,000 mobile phone users found no greater cancer risk. Professor Peter Pauli of the University of the German Armed Forces said that materials of fine woven metal like silver, copper or steel could filter out about 95 percent of emissions from a mobile phone. 'Similar tissues are used to shield sensitive items in rockets and explosives,' he told Reuters. In military equipment, the metal helps prevent sudden radio bursts from detonating a charge and so could also deflect radiation from the head."
You may read the entire Reuters story online at:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20021118_199.html
Swisserland
L`Hebdo, No. 48, Semaine du 28 Novembre 2002
Bouclier d`oreille
Les ondes des téléphones portables sont-elles nocives? Peuvent-elles provoquer des cancers? Pour l`heure, l`Organisation mondiale de la santé n´a toujours pas de résponse claire á ces questions, et ce malgré les enquêtes scientifiques menées. Alors que les quatre plus gros opérateurs du Japon viennent de passer un accord pour financer une nouvelle et vaste étude sur le sujet, une firme norvégienne semble avoir déjà tranché: elle lance sur le marché une casquette munie dún rabat sur l´oreille. Pas question ici de fourrure pour se protéger des frimas du Grand Nord, mais d´un maillage métallique léger qui, selon Handy-Fashions (handy-fashions.com), serait capable de faire barrage aux "ondes nocives des téléphones cellulaires" tout en permettant une écoute normale. Pour vendre sa "casquette mobile" (60 francs suisses environ), la firme n´hésite pas á mettre en avant la nécessité de protéger les enfants. C.M.
Italy
martedì, 19 Novembre 2002
Libero - Internet & Hi-Tech
Cellulari e salute: dalla Norvegia un berretto anti-onde OSLO (Reuters)
Una società norvegese ha presentato un nuovo berretto tipo baseball per proteggere chi usa i cellulari dalle emissioni radio nocive.
Il "Mobile Cap" contiene un tessuto di metallo leggero che allontana quasi il 100% delle onde radio dalla testa mentre consente al suono di passare.
"Il berretto ha uno strato di argento intrecciato", ha detto a Reuters Walter Kraus, capo del gruppo Handy-Fashions che produce il copricapo.
"Non pesa più di un normale cappello" che ha due lembi che cadono sull'orecchio.
Molti temono che le emissioni radio dei telefoni cellulari possano provocare il cancro. Tuttavia studi internazionali hanno spesso prodotto risultati contraddittori.
Other international media appearances of handy-fashions.com
Moscow, Russia, mobilenews
december 2002
http://www.mobilenews.ru/news.phtml
Spain
Foro Internet (Levante-EMV)
december 2002
redaccion@forointernet.com
La Fura, Barcelona, 31. February 2003
Belgium
Guido Magazine
Des. 2002, February 2003
http://www.guido.be
(Student Magazine)
Netherlands
De Ingenieur
17. January 2003
(Dutch technology magazine)
Netherlands
De Telegraaf
des. 2002
USA
Wireless Week
www.wirelessweek.com
Finland
Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki,
jan. 2003
(biggest newspaper in Scandinavia)
Danmark
Komputer for alle, Copenhagen
des. 2002
USA
IEEE-Spectrum Magazine, jan. 2003, New York
(The IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is an international professional organization for engineers. The Spectrum is the monthly flagship magazine sent to the IEEE's approximately 400.000 members and other subscribers.)