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14-Year-Old Discovers iPad Smart Cover Magnets Can Shut Off Implanted Defibrillators
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Clearly the smiley did not convey my incredibly large amounts of sarcasm. To state the obvious, I don't think that Samsung actually hired a highschool freshmen. Just to be clear.
just joined to agree that it isn't a discovery when its well known that magnets do that and that it is written in the safety documentation or PDF that nobody reads.
And people with pace-makers can't walk through regular airport security scanners.
And people who are allergic to nuts can't eat nut.
And people who are allergic to bees really need to avoid bees.
PS: If anyone on MR with a defibrillator and an iPad 2, 3 or 4 are feeling scared by this, I can help by offering you to swap with my 32GB iPad 1. The original — with no magnets.
And people who are allergic to nuts can't eat nut.
And people who are allergic to bees really need to avoid bees.
PS: If anyone on MR with a defibrillator and an iPad 2, 3 or 4 are feeling scared by this, I can help by offering you to swap with my 32GB iPad 1. The original — with no magnets.
You think that's bad ? It's also been proven that this news story causes salivation in 9 out of 10 personal injury lawyers .
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I guess this is something you wouldn't expect to happen. Maybe they can make the magnets weaker in future models to help. At least it was recognised before anybody accidentally went and killed themselves.
Or I guess them with heart problems will have to stick with Android or Windows tablets.
Or I guess them with heart problems will have to stick with Android or Windows tablets.
I would b asking why did the child test this out, how did they find out? It's not really normal to turn ones implanted defibrillator off?
And does this not mean the magnets in my Nexus 7 and it's case can not also produce the exact same results?
And does this not mean the magnets in my Nexus 7 and it's case can not also produce the exact same results?
You forgot the sarcasm emotioncon... at least I hope so?
Haha yes it was sarcasm
My iPad made me sterile!
Seriously. Holy crap. This is potentially a big story if it gets legs. How does Apple recall a gazillion iPads?
Seriously. Holy crap. This is potentially a big story if it gets legs. How does Apple recall a gazillion iPads?
This is all about the iPad, not about the Smart Cover or any other cover--the iPad has magnets in it that could cause it (Smart Cover was only mentioned as one of the main things that uses those magnets in iPads).
Seems that aside from people not really reading documentation and then making "discoveries" that become news, which have been in the documentation all along, people don't even really read the news about the "discovery" properly and attribute it to something else entirely.