Posted on 03/01/2006 6:32:02 PM PST by Vermonter
New paint blocks out cell phone signals ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 1 (UPI) -- A Rochester, N.Y., company has developed paint that can switch between blocking cell phone signals and allowing them through.
"You could use this in a concert hall, allowing cell phones to work before the concert and during breaks, but shutting them down during the performance," said Michael Riedlinger, president of NaturalNano.
Using nanotechnology, particles of copper are inserted into nanotubes, which are ultra-tiny tubes that occur naturally in halloysite clay mined in Utah. Combined with a radio-filtering device that collects phone signals from outside a shielded space, certain transmissions can proceed while others are blocked, the Chicago Tribune reported.
However, the wireless phone industry is up in arms over the development.
"We oppose any kind of blocking technology," said Joe Farren, spokesman for The Wireless Association, the leading cell phone trade group. "What about the young parents whose baby-sitter is trying to call them, or the brain surgeon who needs notification of emergency surgery? These calls need to get through."
"Your self-centered attitude of "everyone else around me be damned, I'll let my cell phone ring whenever it wants to," does negatively impact everyone else's theater/concert experience."
I am guessing that my productive efforts in the marketplace are probably paying for some govt program that you are leaching off of.
I don't have the time to go to restaurants or plays or whatever, I work for a living to generate a living and pay taxes for people like you.
Many of us do have to work and we don't all sit in a cubicle like people did in in 1975.
Get a life.
There are paints, fabrics and wallboards made for the same purpose now. The real neat trick here is it's a paint that can be painted on existing structures and controlled with a switch.
My FEMA card just ran out.
I don't think the FCC could do anything about this. It's not jamming.
Accusing a FReeper of leeching off your labor or reporting to a cubicle farm for work is a non sequitur in terms of this discussion. I believe HIDEK6 was seeking to illustrate how cellular telephones can absolutely have a negative impact on how we comport ourselves as a society.
~ Blue Jays ~
Also when you sand or scrape, you can inhale particles. Which explains why my home improvement projects seem to have impaired my speling.
Well sorry if I offend anyone, but if someone calls me self centered when I value my family really angers me.
Again I never ask anyone for help, I take care of my own family, that's the way it should be.
There are some that have an irrational hatred of technology, they see some of it as "a toy".
My experience with people like that is that they are in situations where they don't personally need the technology and they want to make judgements about others based on their own situation.
I don't need a 4wd diesel powered F-350 truck for my work but others do. Am I going to complain about them driving one? No.
Need foil with two shiny sides. Don't want the gov't reading my thoughts!
So which is it, your business or your family? You say that you're a mortgage specialist and need to be available 24 x 7 for vendors and customers or they'll turn elsewhere. You then mention you have a diabetic child and that you don't attend the theater, restaurants, or movies. If your business is that critical, you might be compelled to sacrifice pleasurable events until after you reach retirement. If your young children are ill, you should spend all available time with them until they are old enough to take care of themselves.
In my earlier post above I provided a helpful hyperlink to camps that assist children with diabetes achieve rewarding lives that will lead them to independence. You chose to bypass that suggestion and instead focus on how your telephone must ring regardless of where you are located. If you wish to embrace rude behavior because you think your calls are so critically important, at least come out and say it with gusto! Adults hiding behind diabetic children is cowardly behavior and unbecoming of a businessman.
~ Blue Jays ~
Just wait for the fist law suit when a babysitter is placing an urgent call to a mother.
This is 100% stupid. This is why we have vibrate mode or silent mode.
It is very simple, the phone companies will just adjust their phones to bypass this.
"Adults hiding behind diabetic children is cowardly behavior and unbecoming of a businessman."
Ah the power of the internet. People with nothing to do all day can sit around and pass judgement on people that they don't have a clue about. (And at this point I am being one of them)
My kids are very self sufficient thank you very much.
I don't hide behind them or anyone else thank you very much.
This is the weakness of an internet bulletin board, anyone can spin any type of opinion with no accountability.
We are handling our childs situation just fine, we have some great people to ask questions to.
"sacrifice pleasurable events until after you reach retirement"
Well that's generally what most parents do.
Barnes bullets makes some really great all copper bullets!!! ...so lead in bullets is not necessary, simply more cost effective..
Are you sure it was because of your beeper and not because you wouldn't take your baseball cap off?
Or could it be the halitosis?? :)
I certainly don't know for a fact how they are doing it, but I would imagine they are not flipping a switch to turn the paint on or off, they have the paint on the outside that blocks the signals, then they hae an antennae outside, a repeater that acts like s cell phone tower, and an antennae inside and they simply turn the repeater on and off to control acessability inside...
Will we get a "buzz" off of this paint?! ;-)
It's called VIBRATE!!!
Now we just need to have hot tar and feathers available for the annoyed to use on those that don't take the two seconds to activate the vibrate mode!!!
This avoidance of etiquette features has been puzzling to me, too. Why would people want to be considered a rude boor? My cellular telephone has a one-key feature that can activate this silent operation. My cellular also allows me to quietly forward calls to another telephone or cellular voicemail (without further interaction) simply by logging onto my account via the internet.
If I'm going to the theater, I simply instruct my cellular telephone to forward all calls to my landline between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. When I return home, any voicemails I've received from either source are consolidated into a single place. I am also still aware of the calls in realtime.
~ Blue Jays ~
Tried that. They rejected his application because he was too unstable.
The thing is; he's *not* an adult and right now he needs to "rely on mommy and daddy" until he *is* in a position to handle everything on his own. As things stand, he does 90% of the work on his own. He tests, counts his own carbs, boluses, puts in his own sets, gives his own shots and treats his own highs and lows. But when a diabetic is in a severe low, they become the patient *and* the doctor and the doctor of the moment is thinking like a slobbering drunk and unable to make the best decisions.
As for diabetes camp giving diabetics independence... well, that's just not how it works. They don't even let the kids have access to their own equipment. The kid may approach any counselor at any time to be tested and the counselor allows them to use the equipment. That's *less* control than he has now.
My MIL is a nurse *and* a CDE. She took my son last summer for a two week vacation and sent him home in 10 days because she couldn't handle the disease even with a pediatrician friend helping her. My son's own endo and CDE have thrown up their hands and told me that I'm the best qualified person to make the decisions for my kid and that I'm doing better than they could. There's something wrong that we haven't figured out yet.
He relies on the pump for life. He relies on the monitor for life. Even his insulin is a form of technology that he'd be dead without. What's wrong with relying on a cell phone as well?
No. I don't expect him to be calling me at 23, asking "mommy" what to do. But my daughter asks me what to do when she's having problems with relationships and my friend asks me what to do for her kid's ear infection. Why can't my 12 year old ask me what to do when his BGs aren't doing what they're supposed to?? If an adult diabetic was in the same situation, they'd be calling their CDE or endo. Sometimes people need help and if kids can't call their parents, who can they call?
I understand that, as a parent, it's my job ot prepare my son to manage life as an adult. I also understand that, for him, that means mastering his disease. But he is not ready to give up his safety net at this time. (Just like he's not ready for sex, not ready to drive a car and not ready to take control of his own finances.)
Uhhhhh... I'm a homeschooling army wife. If I take a bath I have a kid pounding on the door yelling, "Mom! The dog threw up!! It's *not* my turn to clean it up and *he* won't do it!" or "Reaper's in the other bathroom and I have to go *NOW*!" I wouldn't say I've had a "leisurely" bath in about 15 years.
I just wanted to be able to go to the grocery store by myself and give The Boy some space without a mother hovering.
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