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Giant Adverts as you come in to land…

Just spotted this inovative idea three giant permanent ad sites are to be placed under flightpaths near Heathrow airport from next March as part of the rollout of an international portfolio of ‘aerial advertising’ sites. Ad-Air Group has secured sites around at least 13 of the world’s...

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Radiation from Cell Phones Can “Possibly” Cause Cancer.

Posted by Happydude | Posted in Health, Mobile, Technology | Posted on 01-06-2011

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I know these stories keep cropping up but a new report says that radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.

More can be found here over at CNN interesting points that are mentioned in the manuals of some leading phones (RTFM) :-

The Apple iPhone 4 safety manual says users’ radiation exposure should not exceed FCC guidelines: “When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 millimeters (5/8 inch) away from the body.”

BlackBerry Bold advises users to “keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 inch (25 millimeters) from your body when the BlackBerry device is transmitting.”

Looks like a boom time for bluetooth and hands free devices if this story grows ;

The Story of Bottled Water

Posted by Happydude | Posted in Eco, Education, Health, Marketing, Politics | Posted on 23-03-2010

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The Story of Bottled Water video which was released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand and how it gets Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.

More can be found here.

The Internet – “Superpower” Season from the BBC

Posted by Happydude | Posted in Advertising, Art, Auto, Business, digital, Eco, Gadget, Gaming, Health, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Money, Music, News, Photo, Politics, Technology, Travel, Video | Posted on 04-03-2010

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This video is to promote a new season from the BBC called “Superpower” which launches on 8 March, in the video “the people of the internet” are portrayed as extraterrestrial figure sending messages to the people of Earth, showing how important the internet has become to civilisation and its impact on how we live.

5 Year Old Breaks World Record for “Air Push Ups”!

Posted by Happydude | Posted in Fun, Health, Media, News, Video | Posted on 24-02-2010

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This young lad is Giuliano Stroe, from Romania who has just broke  a new world record for number of “air push-ups.”  He is only 5 years old and this is his second entry in the Guinness book of World Records.

Reminds me of myself in my younger days don’t think I could manage more than 10 though these days ;)