“Satire is her oxygen. . . . In her new oddball comedy, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl is forever vital in her lyrical and biting takes on how we behave.”—The Washington Post
“Ruhl’s zany probe of the razor-thin line between life and death delivers a fresh and humorous look at the times we live in.”—Variety
“Sarah Ruhl is deliriously imaginative and fearless in her choice of subject matter. She is an original.”—Molly Smith, artistic director, Arena Stage
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man—with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by playwright Sarah Ruhl, recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and Pulitzer Prize finalist for her play The Clean House. A work about how we memorialize the dead—and how that remembering changes us—it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world.
Sarah Ruhl’s plays have been produced at theaters around the country, including Lincoln Center Theater, the Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory, Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, among others, and internationally. She is the recipient of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (for The Clean House, 2004), the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwrights Award, and the Whiting Writers’ Award. The Clean House was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2005. She is a member of 13P and New Dramatists.
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It is predicted that by the year 2010, all digital wireless communications equipment—including cellular, PCS, and 3G phones; wireless LANs; GPS navigation systems; and DBS TV—will have data transfer capabilities of over 1 Mbps. Now, as this significant turning point quickly approaches, this book presents everything industry professionals need to know about the Radio Frequency (RF) measurements and tests that must be made on this new generation of digital wireless communications equipment.
Presenting just enough theory as is absolutely required for comprehension, RF Measurements for Cellular Phones and Wireless Data Systems:
Provides a review of basic RF principles and terminology
Describes RF measurement equipment, including signal generators, power meters, frequency meters, vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and vector signal analyzers
Explains the RF devices that are used in cellular phones and wireless data transmission equipment—how they work, what their critical performance parameters are, how they're tested, and typical test results
Illustrates the testing of RF devices and systems with digitally modulated signals that represent the voice, video, or data that the RF wave is carrying
RF Measurements for Cellular Phones and Wireless Data Systems has been written to serve as the industry standard for RF measurements and testing. It is an indispensable resource for engineers, technicians, and managers involved in the construction, installation, or maintenance of cell phones and wireless data equipment.
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About this product: Has the cell phone forever changed the way people communicate? The mobile phone is used for "real time" coordination while on the run, adolescents use it to manage their freedom, and teens "text" to each other day and night. The mobile phone is more than a simple technical innovation or social fad, more than just an intrusion on polite society. This book, based on world-wide research involving tens of thousands of interviews and contextual observations, looks into the impact of the phone on our daily lives. The mobile phone has fundamentally affected our accessibility, safety and security, coordination of social and business activities, and use of public places.
Based on research conducted in dozens of countries, this insightful and entertaining book examines the once unexpected interaction between humans and cell phones, and between humans, period. The compelling discussion and projections about the future of the telephone should give designers everywhere a more informed practice and process, and provide researchers with new ideas to last years.
*Rich Ling (an American working in Norway) is a prominent researcher, interviewed in the new technology article in the November 9 issue of the New York Times Magazine. *A particularly "good read", this book will be important to the designers, information designers, social psychologists, and others who will have an impact on the development of the new third generation of mobile telephones. *Carefully and wittily written by a senior research scientist at Telenor, Norway's largest telecommunications company, and developer of the first mobile telephone system that allowed for international roaming.
About this product: George Carlo and Martin Schram are aiming to become information-age Ralph Naders. They ask a question that ought to concern America's 103 million mobile phone users, as well as those who merely come within earshot of these popular devices: Is the wireless future a threat to public health? "Visit any public building, college classroom, courthouse, or commuter train, and look around: You'll see people using not just wireless phones but also wireless laptop computers and miniature palm tops," write Carlo and Schram. "What you won't see are the microwaves that are criss-crossing a confined space where a number of people who are not even using these instruments are bombarded by these waves." It sounds creepy. And Carlo, an epidemiologist who once oversaw a multimillion-dollar research project on health for the cellular industry, believes the news is not good: there may be a link between cell phone use and brain tumors. The research is not conclusive, but Carlo and Schram think it's disturbing enough to warrant government action. Needless to say, the industry that once backed Carlo's work now considers him persona non grata.
Due largely to Carlo's coauthorship, Cell Phones is unavoidably a one-sided story. Key business figures didn't agree to interviews. In fact, this might have been a better book if it were written by Schram, with Carlo as one of several major characters rather than a collaborator. Then again, it would lack the passionate advocacy that will draw many readers to it. And even the most skeptical may want to take a few of the simple safety precautions the authors recommend in a concluding chapter, such as wearing a headset or earpiece when using a cell phone, in order to keep a distance from the radiation-emitting antennae. One look at the x-ray photos reproduced in the book, which show how radiation easily penetrates skulls, will give even the most impervious observer second thoughts. One thing is probably certain: This book is a harbinger of litigation. If Carlo and Schram are correct about their concerns, the cellular industry--as unbelievable as it sounds--may go the way of Big Tobacco. --John J. Miller
About this product: Being a good baby-sitter isn't always easy, and the vice-president of the Baby-Sitters Club, Claudia Kishi, is learning that the hard way. She and the other club members have started getting strange calls on the job. Is it the Phantom Caller, a jewel thief who's been breaking into houses in the area? One thing is certain -- the Club has to take action to protect their kids!
About this product: Cell Phones and The Dark Deception is a very powerful and comprehensive non-fiction book. Unlike any other in its category, this unique document scrutinizes the evidence to resolve a question that has been lingering since 1993: Are Cell Phones Safe? After years of controversy, Cell Phones and The Dark Deception is the only publication that brings all the pieces of this perplexing puzzle together to give readers insight into the truth. When startling news of intentional industry cover-ups and government secretsare exposed by veteran cell phone researchers, industry insiders and government officials, there will no longer be any speculation as to why cell phone users have been falsely ensured of safety. Cell Phones and The Dark Deception answers the tough questions that cell phone users have been asking for years: "If cell phones are really dangerous why aren t we being told?", "Why are there so many contradicting reports on the subject?", and "If cell phones were dangerous, wouldn t the government be protecting us from harm?". All of the public's uncertainties will be addressed in this eye-opening and thought-provoking book. Cell Phones and The Dark Deception is a very insightful and trustworthy resource that candidly identifies several real health hazards which are proven to exist from exposure to non-ionizing radiofrequency microwave radiation, i.e. wireless communication signals. All of the information in this book is founded on factual statistics and measurable results. The evidence is derived from hundreds of documented, duplicated, published and peer-reviewed scientific data from the numerous global research efforts of governments, world renowned scientists, biophysicists, epidemiologists, and industry-hired experts. All of which are referenced. Among the scientific details of this thought-provoking and easy to read manuscript, Cell Phones and The Dark Deceptionincorporates a true story of tragedy and heartache. The author's personal recollection of her late husband s misfortune brings the contents of this book closer to home and into a painful reality. Cell Phones and The Dark Deception is an engaging must-read for cell phone users who are concerned about their health and well-being. It is also highly recommended for parents of young cell phone users and those who wish to ascertain the real truth behind the deception. This 178 page paperback offers an easy-to-understand overview of the cell phone industry and its ethical character, the government's role as it pertains to cell phone safety, and the nature of electromagnetic radiation (EMR), especially the non-ionizing radiofrequency microwave radiation used in wireless communication. The proven consequential impact that this invisible and influential energy has on the human body is truly inconceivable. That is why one-third of this valuable resource focuses on the hidden health hazards which are established as being directly linked to this particular type of exposure. Find out what you're not being told...and why. Knowledge is power. If you are a cell phone user, you have a right to know the truth. There are ways to reduce your exposure and risk without giving up your cell phone. Don't wait until it's too late. Ignoring the facts doesn't change them.
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