Health hazards of wearable devices

Prerequisite reading

(In order of relevance)

• Mobile phone radiation and health
• Electromagnetic radiation hazard
• Wearable computer
• Electromagnetic radiation

Discussion

Problem description

If we are to be borganized from head to toe, among other health hazards, there arises a serious concern of the negative impact of electromagnetic radiation upon our cells. At least theoretically, such radiation can knock off electrons from cell molecules, creating free radicals that then steal electrons back from neighboring DNA, etc., now creating damaged DNA that depending upon our genetic framework can cause cancerous cell and tissue growth. There are numerous other maladies as well.

Solutions

Antioxidants

An optimal consumption of antioxidants should provide free radicals with a readily available stock of electrons that they can use, thereby preventing neighboring DNA from being savaged. This is absolutely practical, and the benefits grow logarithmically with the number and amounts of antioxidants consumed till an upper limit is reached.

Efficient devices

While increasingly nanoscaled devices consume less rather than more power per transistor or bit, this benefit is dwarfed by the constantly increasing number of transistors and bits that are needed. Therefore, unless the devices become extremely efficient to the point of being able to pack sufficient data or perform sufficient computation from individual atoms and molecules or photon streams, this is not indicative of a solution. This also does not affect radio waves for mobile communications which will continue to grow more powerful as the demand for bandwidth grows.

DNA update

DNA comes built with repair mechanisms which can technically be boosted or otherwise updated to handle any and all threats to cells by radiation.

Nanotechnological cell repair

The holy grail of handling DNA damage will be nanobots that dig into cells to repair or destroy them as necessary. This solution, however, does not seem practical for at least a few decades.

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