Product Reviews Net » solar http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sun, 27 May 2012 11:45:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Solar Storms in 2012: Affects on our Electronic world http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/17/solar-storms-in-2012-affects-on-our-electronic-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-storms-in-2012-affects-on-our-electronic-world http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/17/solar-storms-in-2012-affects-on-our-electronic-world/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:57:39 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=106640 We were recently bombarded with a solar storm, which we discussed in a recent post, and although we were not affected in a way that had been first reported – we should not under estimate how damaging these storms can be.

To me this is just a warning of what’s to come, so I felt I needed to dig a little deeper, and I wish I never. An article on Jakarta Post written back in February looks at when he next major solar storm will be, and it comes as no coincidence that it will be in 2012 – the same year when the Mayan calendar ends.

Scientists have studied what sort of affects the storm will cause, and it does not look good due to our dependency on electronics. It is believed that our satellites could age by 50 years, and mobile communications and GPS could be affected the most. According to a recent report from LAPAN, the flare would have the same power as “100 million hydrogen bombs.”

It is believed that the storm would last for two days, but in that time would have a serious effect on our economy. As yet we cannot tell when a storm is coming but LAPAN is working on a warning system. Do you think that this is just scare mongering, or could a solar storm be as harmful as what they say? A word of warning, do not watch Knowing after reading this.

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/17/solar-storms-in-2012-affects-on-our-electronic-world/feed/ 2 Solar Tsunami: Cell Phone and GPS Interference Expected http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/03/solar-tsunami-cell-phone-and-gps-interference-expected/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-tsunami-cell-phone-and-gps-interference-expected http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/03/solar-tsunami-cell-phone-and-gps-interference-expected/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:52:35 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=105865 On Sunday our Sun went through a plasma injection stage, the last time this happened was eleven years ago. This plasma could hit Earth on Tuesday and will put on a beautiful light show when it hits our natural magnetic shield. There are fears that this could cause interference with our satellites, so we could expect a few issues with GPS systems and cell phones.

The huge explosion can be seen on this 25-second video below, you can see plasma being discharged. The last time I saw something like that was on the movie ‘Knowing’ – but I am not saying that the ending will be the same.

The plasma ejection has a 93 million mile journey to reach earth and has covered that distance in just three days. There is a fear that such an event could destroy our satellites, but it looks as though this is not powerful enough – well let’s hope not.

The Telegraph has been talking to Dr Lucie Green, she said that there were two events on the sun that day, and if both travel at the same time to Earth, which means that the effects will last much longer and northern lights will be much lower in the sky.

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