Modeling and Measuring Exposures to Wireless Technology – A Workshop of the Bioelectromagnetics Society Confronts a Growing Policy Challenge

This hands-on real-time demonstration workshop of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (bioem2015.org) sponsored by the non-profit virtual think tank, Environmental Health Trust (ehtrust.org), explores how to model and measure wireless technology that is reaching into every corner of our lives, connecting us in ways never before imagined, improving our capacity to respond to emergencies and share information around the world. The Internet of Things is estimated to consist of nearly 50 billion devices that operate in our homes and on our persons by the end of this decade. At the same time, wireless transmitting devices can disrupt traditional family patterns, affect brain development and learning abilities in children, and possibly alter the risks of cancer, reproductive damage, and other medical problems among users.