According to The Independent, a recent study led by a renowned neurosurgeon, Dr. Vini Khurana, strongly demonstrates that prolonged exposure to mobile phone radiation will result in brain cancer and neighboring tissue damage:

It draws on growing evidence – exclusively reported in the IoS in October – that using handsets for 10 years or more can double the risk of brain cancer. Cancers take at least a decade to develop, invalidating official safety assurances based on earlier studies which included few, if any, people who had used the phones for that long. […]

“It is anticipated that this danger has far broader public health ramifications than asbestos and smoking,” says Professor Khurana, who told the IoS his assessment is partly based on the fact that three billion people now use the phones worldwide, three times as many as smoke. […]

After a quick search on the web, I managed to find the study on the Brain Surgery Research site . The key facts are:
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I received this link today, via Oszkar, about a robot developed by Boston Dynamics, called BigDog. As you can see below, this robot has very natural movements, is able not only to keep its balance, but also to regain it in case of abruptly loosing it. Move to second 35 to see what I’m talking about. Or better yet, watch the entire clip to see the whole feature set:

I have to say I’m pretty impressed. That was quite a kick! Robotics have evolved a lot during the last years!

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