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Randy in Ilocos Norte

Randy Lumasag (ECE2k1)
Field :Wireless Broadband Engineering
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Do you keep your cellphone in your pocket?

Cell phones can affect sperm quality, researcher says

Source: CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/09/18/cellphone.sperm/index.html?iref=mpstoryview


Keeping a cell phone on talk mode in a pocket can decrease sperm quality, according to new research from the Cleveland Clinic.

We believe that these devices are used because we consider them very safe, but it could cause harmful effects due to the proximity of the phones and the exposure that they are causing to the gonads," says lead researcher Ashok Agarwal, the Director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine.

In the small study, Agarwal's team took semen samples from 32 men and brought them to the lab. Each man's sample was placed into small, conical tubes and divided into two parts: a test group and a control group. The control group was unexposed to cell phone emissions, but kept under the same conditions and temperature as the test group.

The semen in the test group was placed 2.5 centimeters from an 850 MHz cell phone in talk mode for 1 hour. Researchers say that 850 MHz is the most commonly used frequency.

They used the measurement of 2.5 centimeters to mimic the distance between the trouser pocket and the testes. Agarwal reasoned that many men keep their active cell phones in their pants pocket while talking on their headsets.

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Red Alert 3 on Red October 2008

Redbox Solutions Launches Micro Automation Drive Trainer

Redbox Solutions Inc has launched a new Automation Drive Trainer for suited for Academic applications particularly Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation and Mechanical Engineering.

The new training kit will enhance students on the basic drives technology , function, benefits and advantages for each specific application. This will allow them to keep up with the pace of technology.

For more information visit their blog and website.

http://redboxsolutions.blogspot.com/
http://www.redboxsolutions.com.ph/

Or contact their technical and applications engineer

Reynaldo B. Canama, ECE
rcanama@redboxsolutions.com.ph

MIT batch 2001

ECE to ECE?

As per Republic Act 9292 the ECE profession used to be called Electronics and Communications Engineer will now be updated to Electronics Engineer but the acronym ECE will remain.(Just in case you don't know)


If you haven't converted yet and would like to do the conversion now, please follow these steps:

1. Go to the nearest PRC office ( If you are in Mindanao, that would be Cagayan de oro City)

2. Bring the following:

a. Photocopy of Valid PRC ID
b. Board Certificate
c. Photocopy of Valid IECEP ID
d. Two (2) pcs passport size picture with nametag & white background
e. Registration fee of P600

Notes:
If you lost your old PRC ID, prepare an affidavit of loss notarized by an attorney.
If your IECEP membership has expired, you have to renew it by going to the nearest IECEP office. It's in MPSC if you are in Cagayan de Oro.
For the pictures, there is a "Rush ID center" inside the PRC office in CDO.
Although the registration is only P600, prepare more. A lot more. There are other charges such as late renewal, fees, ....

3. You will be asked to fill up some forms and sign a lot of them. Be patient.
It takes time to line up.

4.Wait for months for your new ID.

The Problem:
It takes time for them to process. I have done the conversion in January 2008 and until now its not done!!