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Re: Shielding

Posted by ahappyhabitat on May 13, 2011; 2:36pm
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Shielding-tp2932902p2938833.html



Don't forget to get a solid state
hard drive on the netbook.

I managed to get some more distance from
my laptop with these magnifiers:

http://www.maxiaids.com/store/ProdList.asp?idCategory=102&idstore=6&category=Screen-Magnifiers

They're a little blurry, but they do work.

Eli

--- In [hidden email], "emraware" <emraware@...> wrote:

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> For the computer, you may want to try getting a netbook with long battery life.  The Conradbiologic.com site recommends netbook with intel atom processor.  Incidentally, I happened to have one, but I had lent it to someone for a while.  After getting it back, I tried it on battery, and I seem less sensitive to it than my bigger more powerful laptop.  Now the intel atom processor is getting more advanced with dual core.  I don't know if that matters, but to be safe, you may want to stick with a netbook using the older kind of intel atom processor without dual core.
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> With the netbook running on battery (no cables plugged in) I'm good at 5' distance, with LCD monitor also at 5' distance, and connected to the netbook using VGA cable.  Using 800x600 resolution for the monitor makes the text large enough at this 5' distance, and then I use wired USB keyboard and mouse to control it.
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> With my older laptop, I used to tolerate it pretty close, but now if I use it, I think I should keep it about 10 feet!!  (That's about the distance where the AM radio on its lowest setting becomes quiet.  The power transformer injects a lot of frequencies which travel even on the USB cords to my mouse.  If I could, I'd run this older laptop's on battery, but the battery life died a long time ago.)
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> When you're done with you computer and monitor, unplug or turn off the surge protector that feeds them.
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> --- In [hidden email], Andrew McAfee <amcafeerr@> wrote:
> >
> > I recommend a EMF FACE SHIELD KIT
> > http://www.lessemf.com/computer.html
> >
> > if your eyes and face are the most problem. Having fabric touch the  
> > skin opens up a whole can of worms (electrical current, grounding, etc.)
> >
> > I have had success wearing the overcoat at airports, on planes with  
> > cell phones around, etc.
> > http://www.lessemf.com/personal.html
> > because it for the most part doesn't touch my skin directly.
> >
> > There is much more to this story but if you can turn off as much power  
> > to the room as possible (lower the body voltage) then you're dealing  
> > mostly with just microwave/radio type radiation and not the electrical  
> > current or magnetic fields from being close to a monitor or laptop.
> >
> > One thing at a time.
> >
> > Good luck!
> > Andrew
> >
> > On May 12, 2011, at 2:03 PM, valerie.kopach wrote:
> >
> > > Hi ALL
> > > Was wondering if anybody has had success with shielding from  
> > > lessemf.com.  They have shielding fabric made of cotton and copper,  
> > > and then another shielding made of silver, which can be used to line  
> > > hats.
> > > I have trouble at my computer and watching TV.  I am hoping to find  
> > > something that will help me tolerate these things better.
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
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