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Useful sites | Mobile phones – communications on the go
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Telstra Learning Centre (Australia)
Six topics on telecommunications are available:
- Mobile communication
- From dots to data: The story of digital transmission and data communication
- The busy ray: The story of communication by light beam
- The switching place: The story of telephone exchanges
- Linking a nation: The story of long distance communications
- The information superhighway: The story of interactive telecommunications
http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/learning/index.cfm
How Stuff Works (USA)
- How cell phones work
A clear description (with diagrams) of how mobile phones work.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone.htm
- How cell-phone radiation works
Explains how mobile phones generate radiation, and how they are tested for radiation levels. Also covers potential health risks.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone-radiation.htm
- How VoIP Works
Provides background information about VoIP and its potential applications.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/ip-telephony.htm
- What is the difference between analog and digital cell phones?
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question31.htm
- How cell-phone jammers work
Looks at how cell-phone jammers work and the legality of their use.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone-jammer.htm
- How cell-phone viruses work
Describes how cell-phone viruses spread, what they can do and how to protect your phone.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone-virus.htm
- How SMS works
Explores the uses of text messages and why it can take a while for them to reach the recipient.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/sms.htm
The impact of the mobile telephone in Australia (Academy of Social Sciences in Australia)
A 2004 report on the impact of the mobile phone in Australia.
http://www.assa.edu.au/reports/_docs/download.php?id=The_impact_of_mobile_phones.pdf
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Long mobile phone use lifts tumour risk: Study (ABC News, 1 April 2006)
Reports on a study showing that the use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk of brain tumours.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/04/01/1606348.htm
- Over information (The Lab,17 March 2005)
Describes how mobile phones, iPods and PDAs are used to store and access increasing amounts of information.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/overinformation/default.htm
- Hands free mobile no safer when driving (News in Science, 12 July 2005)
Research suggests that holding a mobile phone or using a hands-free phone when driving increase the risk of an accident.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1412283.htm
- The future of the phone (The Buzz, 20 November 2004)
Describes future uses of phones to: track friends or children; provide bullet-proof ID; act as a credit card; download films and books; even replace our front door keys.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/buzz/stories/s1247362.htm
Mobile phones: Frequently asked questions (WorkSafe Western Australia)
Briefly outlines possible health risks from mobile phone use and suggests ways to reduce exposure to the radio waves of mobile phones.
http://www.docep.wa.gov.au/WorkSafe/Content/Safety_Topics/Mobile_phones/Questions.html
Electromagnetic energy and 3G mobile phones fact sheet (Australian Communications and Media Authority)
Discusses emissions from third generation mobiles in terms of human health
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1746
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
International EMF project (World Health Organization)
A number of news releases and fact sheets relating to health effects of electromagnetic fields. Of particular interest is Electromagnetic fields and public health: Mobile telephones and their base stations.
http://www.who.int/docstore/peh-emf/publications/facts_press/fact_english.htm
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