Professor Joel Moskowitz, an expert from UC Berkeley's School of Public Heath, says the devices emit differing amounts of microwave radiation that, in their totality may cause some users to get everything from electromagnetic sensitivity to tumors. "Putting a transmitter on your body, a transmitter that emits microwave radiation is potentially harmful," said Moskowitz.
Wearable technology comes with advances, risks
KTVU, 10 March 2015
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KTVU) - The Apple Watch is the latest in wearable technology. The first wearable technology began 440 years ago with the first pocket watch, and the Apple Watch is the latest device.
Wearable tech is making rapid advances, but the progress but entails some risk.
Wearable technology grows in importance with each and every new technology, whether it's wildly successful like the shirt or pants pocket iPhone, or a bit too early for its time, like Google Glass undergoing a serious reworking.
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KTVU, 10 March 2015
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KTVU) - The Apple Watch is the latest in wearable technology. The first wearable technology began 440 years ago with the first pocket watch, and the Apple Watch is the latest device.
Wearable tech is making rapid advances, but the progress but entails some risk.
Wearable technology grows in importance with each and every new technology, whether it's wildly successful like the shirt or pants pocket iPhone, or a bit too early for its time, like Google Glass undergoing a serious reworking.