Well, this is a "fairly new phenomena" bc the present daily electronic background is a new one, lol. We are surrounded by electronic gadgets from very recently, historically. But the practical research on that is not new, think about MESMER, for example.

Human body is an electromagnetic device from its own cellular structure. Cells are electromagnetic Little marvels. And think about the central nervous system and the neuron net, think about the human brain as hardware or interface of... what? We are emissors and receptors of a lot of particles and waves.

Even supposed poltergeist and ghost events are recorded presently as electromagnetical singularities.