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hi Dave Taylor here again and this time
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I want to talk about radiation now I'm
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not talking about like the radioactive
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nuclear power plant down your street
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don't want to know hopefully that's not
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an issue I'm talking about the radiation
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that comes out of the bottom of laptops
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and this is measurable stuff and it's a
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potential health problem for you and
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particularly if you're the kind of
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person that puts your laptop ready for
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this on your lap then there's all sorts
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of bad things that can happen there is
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some data to suggest that there's a
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correlation between the radiation that
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comes out of a computer and Wi-Fi
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radiation and the electromagnetic and
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all this stuff and that can be tied to
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insomnia tied to fertility issues
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there's some data that suggests there's
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some cardiac stress involved and there's
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also some data to suggest that it might
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be related to tumors that are cancerous
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now let's be clear I'm not saying any of
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this is causal I'm not saying that's
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what happens I'm just saying there's
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some data you can do your own homework
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so why are we talking about this because
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if you're using your laptop you might
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want to look into something like this
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this is the vest tech laptop radiation
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shield and it's kind of an interesting
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device it's actually made of multiple
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sheets of metal both ferromagnetic steel
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and high conductivity aluminum and then
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the whole thing's put inside this little
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plastic sleeve that they've sealed and
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the idea is that you put it your laptop
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on it you then put that on your lap and
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they have data from an independent lab
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that shows that up to ninety two percent
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of the radiation is then eliminated now
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interestingly it's the very back edge of
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your laptop that seems to have the most
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radiation so what I would recommend
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against is having it be like hanging
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over the edge that's not going to really
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give you the benefit of this sort of
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radiation shield so maybe have your
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laptop default to being a couple of
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inches forward from the back edge so
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this is the vest tech laptop radiation
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it's 59 bucks at vest texecom and I
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gotta say I'm not a hundred percent of
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fan of it it is a little plastic e it
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feels like maybe these seams are going
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to open up with some level of use but
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the flipside is that if you're worried
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about these issues of radiation and
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stuff then having something like this is
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an awfully simple upgrade to your laptop
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or if you have a child or spouse or
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something where you're like honey you
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spend a lot of time with that device
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sitting on your lap can we look at that
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a little bit this can be a very easy
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solution oh and what other benefit is
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its light so it's really easy to put
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into your computer bag for example or
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when you travel to put it in the bottom
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of your suitcase so that when you're
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sitting on your hotel bed catching up on
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the latest HBO and checking your email
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from the boss you're protecting yourself
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so check it out at vest tech comm and
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i'll catch you in my next video
