London - A mobile phone may prove to be a potential health hazard, generating radiation and other nasties which one day may give people cancer. An option that is still debatable.
Pong Research Soft Touch iPhone case could (potentially) help with this ongoing problem.
Pong Research iPhone and iPad cases are designed to boost your WiFi and mobile phone reception, while also blocking "potentially harmful microwave frequency radiation", the words Pong users to describe the wavvy-lines in the air your phone uses to check Twitter.
The cases are nicely designed, attractive and colourful (neon green, black, red, purple and blue) while the soft touch rubber is pleasant to hold without feeling squidgy. The structure of the case also feels strong and sturdy.
Pong Research claim that the case "improves signal strength by up to 46%" by building in an antenna that directs your phone's signal (and radiation) upwards, and away from your head.
As Pong Research points out on its website, there are regulations in place to restrict the amount of radiation phones can emit, there is no current consensus on whether that radiation can cause health problems.
As for the Pong Research case, the company says several independent studies have confirmed that the design can redirect up to 95% of the electromagnetic radiation away from your head and body. And a test by Wired magazine, who were initially sceptical about the case and its claims, showed in 2009 that it does work.
A review published by the Health Protection Agency in April said that there is "still no convincing evidence that mobile phone technologies cause adverse effects on human health", but admitted the sample size - roughly 15 years - is not enough to know for sure.
And while several media outlets reported on a study by the World Health Organisation in 2011 that said phones were "possibly carcinogenic", that research also found no clear link between cancer and mobile phone radiation. While a relationship between the two was possible, the WHO said, "chance, bias or confounding cannot be ruled out with reasonable confidence".