Though he`s a technology geek by trade, Dr Brain is an environmental activist at heart. He hides overdue memberships of Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund in his bottom drawer.

Much to everyone`s amusement, the good doctor arrived at work one morning wearing a nickel poncho wired to an iron helmet studded with LEDs.

What with the rise of wireless communication, Dr Brain thought to make a point about electromagnetic radiation, those invisible forces that emanate from our monitors and cellular phones, hell bent on destroying our brains.