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A 20 year long study to understand long term effects of cell phone on 250000 people initiated by COSMOS

A new research has been initiated by COSMOS (Cohort study on mobile communications) to identify the long term effects of using a cell phone and its relation to health problems such as cancer and Alzheimer’s.

The sample size for this study will be a whooping 250,000 people between the age 18 to 69 years, from five different European countries will be studied for 20 to 30 years. The study conducted at this magnitude is only a small portion of the 6 billion mobile phone users around the world. Mereille Toledano, co principal investigator was quoted saying in cnet.com as “For the benefit of current users and for future generations, it is important for us to carry out long-term health monitoring of a large group of mobile phone users so that we can identify if there are any possible health effects from this new and widespread technology that has become so central to our everyday lives.”

Another study initiated by COSMOS in UK from Imperial College London has invited about 2.5 million mobile phone users to participate in an online survey. The study aims to understand cell phone usage, health factors and lifestyle. And the participants are also requested permission to monitor their phone use for at least 20 years.

Although the research initiated by COSMOS aims to identify the long term health issues on cell phone users with special focus on exposure to radiation and cancer, it does not include children in the survey who are more susceptible to health issues than adults.

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Drive a car using only your eyes as these Devices guide

Tired of spinning that steering wheel and driving the car on a road.Thanks to this German researchers,they have developed a new technology that lets drivers steer cars using only their eyes.

Raul Rojas, an artificial intelligence researcher at Berlin’s Free University, said that
the technology tracks a driver’s eye movement and, in turn, steers the car in whatever direction they’re looking.Rojas and his team presented the technology-packed prototype under a clear blue sky at an airport in the German capital.The Dodge Caravan crisscrossed the tarmac at the abandoned Tempelhof Airport, its driver using his line of sight to control the car. The car’s steering wheel was turning as if guided by ghostly hands.The technology called eyeDriver lets the car drive up to 31 mph (50 kph).The Demos remain simple as of now.
The Dodge chases pedestrian or another car across the tarmac and shows his agility and even drives backward — the driver only has to look into the rear mirror to guide the car.However, it remains unclear when — or if — thetechnology will be commercialized as questions about safety and practicability abound: What about looking at a cute girl next to the road for a few seconds? Not to mention taking phone calls or typing a text while driving.

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Google Logo changes to Hubble Space Telescope Today(24 Apr 2010)

The popular search engine, Google has changed its logo today. Someone who has come across the page of Google must have seen a telescope in its logo. It is because, the search engine is celebrating twenty years of Hubble Space Telescope today. By making changes in the Google logo and by adding the image of telescope in it, Google has once again established the fact that they keep a track of every details.According to the reports Hubble telescope is one of the most ambitious projects of NASA. Therefore, Hubble Space Telescope’s twenty years completion is a great news not only for the astronomers but also for the world.

The Hubble Space Telescope developed by NASA, which has completed two decades today has captured some extraordinary images of the space. The brilliant technology used in this space telescope has helped scientists to catch some live pictures of the universe. The images sent by Hubble Space Telescope has not only opened new scope of research for the astronomers but also helped common men to know more about earth.