Device to substitute as a phone?

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I'm doing a science fair experiment that involves exposing cells to electromagnetic radiation from a cell phone to study the effects it has on DNA. It would be difficult to use my actual phone for the experiment because that would mean leaving my phone in the incubator with the cells for a long amount of time. I was wondering if there was a reasonable substitution for this. Is there an electromagnetic radiation transmitting device that I could use in place of my cell phone for this study?

Thank you

[bfinio]

Hi juicyc17,

A couple suggestions, but unfortunately I think they're expensive. Most cell phone companies offer "hotspots" like this:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/internet-devices/

that connect to the cell network via 4G and let local devices connect via WiFi. You can also get a USB 4G antenna for a computer like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Verizon-Wireless- ... B005ESVW96

In either case you might have to pay for a data plan for the device to be active, so that could get expensive. Maybe you could look into older 3G devices instead - they might be cheaper (although it could be hard to find a plan that is only 3G at this point).

Another thing to consider for this project is that the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation will depend on the company and whether you use 3G or 4G. This chart is helpful for that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_ ... quency_Use

WiFi is also at a different frequency so you'd need to account for that if you use a hotspot.