‘Cellphones can’t cause explosion at petrol stations’ Co-founder of Apple Computer, Steve Wozniak, has dismissed the long-held belief that the use of mobile phones at petrol stations could cause explosions. Wozniak, who was the guest speaker at a leadership seminar organised by MTN in Port Harcourt on Friday, described the claim as ridiculous. The American inventor, electronics engineer and computer programmer, who was reacting to questions from participants at the event, said the mobile phones do not have the capacity to cause any harm in such an environment. Wozniak maintained that the radiation in any cellphone was low and not capable of causing fire outbreak. He added that no research from engineers and inventors had given contrary results. “It is ridiculous to say that cellphones should not be used in filling stations. The radiation in any cell phone is not much; the radiations in cellphones are so low and cannot cause any harm in fuel stations. I have not discovered it in my research,” Wozniak told his audience. Wozniak, who also disclosed how he met his late friend, Steve Jobs, said he initially worked with Hewlett-Packard before setting up a company with Jobs. Explaining that he became a genius in computer programming because he was always competing with himself, Wozniak urged would-be inventors to look for inventors and learn how they started. The world-renowned inventor expressed optimism that the computer would solve the problem of teaching, saying, “The world is looking for the best teacher and I hope that one day, the computer will be able to solve the problem of teaching. “The computer will one day be the answer and could become the best teacher in literature, cooking, chemistry, etc. For you to be an inventor, it is necessary for you to look for people who have built things.”
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 08:58:31 +0000
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