The iPad & Smart Cover combo also screws up the MacBook Air if you rest it on top of the keyboard face down. Not great!
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14-Year-Old Discovers iPad Smart Cover Magnets Can Shut Off Implanted Defibrillators
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That's because there's a magnet in the topcase called a Sleep Sensor. It's there to detect the lid being closed (which also has a magnet).
And I'm sorry - but this research is BS. If you have a defibrillator, you will have been told not to put magnets on your chest. I own a car, and I've been told to fill it with petrol instead of diesel. NEW RESEARCH JUST IN: cars will stop working if you put the wrong fuel in. Even though people already knew.
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Plus - it says on the Smart Cover page on the website:
Regardless of what you think of the research, do you think that her attempts to propagate education on this matter to be a bad thing?
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And yet the diesel pumps at my local petrol station have very obvious warnings on them...
Every knows that cigarettes cause cancer, should be stop trying to reach people on this issue as well?
Do you think education is bad? Or is education just bad when Apple (rightly or wrongly) gets singled out?
She proved it. Even if we *know* that something is true, being able to demonstrate it or otherwise prove it is a big deal in science. It doesn't really change anything if Apple was already aware of the possibility and warned of it, other than generating negative PR.
Oversize smartphone
59 years old man gets stuck on NYC subway doors when his Samsung oversized Galaxy 3 in his outer coat pocket is locked between the closing doors.
He barely survives by promptly taking off his coat that disappears in the Subway tunnel waving between the locked doors.
Gorilla glass might also have been an issue because it did not crack between the doors.
59 years old man gets stuck on NYC subway doors when his Samsung oversized Galaxy 3 in his outer coat pocket is locked between the closing doors.
He barely survives by promptly taking off his coat that disappears in the Subway tunnel waving between the locked doors.
Gorilla glass might also have been an issue because it did not crack between the doors.
This wouldn't have happened with an iPhone. That half inch in width and height is the only thing separating most of us from life and death.
While unsettling I still think that such a simple way of shutting off the defibrillators is the problem. Not so much that 'its an iPad'.
Many items contains magnets. Speakers for example have some damn hefty ones. What happens if you're sitting next to a giant speaker? Car speakers alone have huge magnets on them. Drop one on a sheet of metal and try picking it up!
The defibs need changing in my opinion.
Many items contains magnets. Speakers for example have some damn hefty ones. What happens if you're sitting next to a giant speaker? Car speakers alone have huge magnets on them. Drop one on a sheet of metal and try picking it up!
The defibs need changing in my opinion.
This sounds more like a failing of the implanted device, as you can't be sure you won't be exposed to magnetism so something so critical ought to be protected as much as possible.
I mean, the Windows Surface uses magnets to connect to its keyboard, so surely it will have the same issue?
I mean, the Windows Surface uses magnets to connect to its keyboard, so surely it will have the same issue?
So where do we stop?
Do we have to post a notice on any device that incorporates a magnet that it could be dangerous to:
- People with Defibs
- People with pacemakers
- People with metal implants
- People with electronic/hydraulic prosthetics
- Credit cards
- Speakers
- Hard drives
There comes a point in life when people have to take responsibility for themselves. When you have a defib put in, you will be told, quite clearly, that you magnets interfere with it. Its YOUR responsibility to protect it.
The only reason this is a news story is because it's an apple product, you could've done this "experiment" with any product containing magnets.
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On defibs it's by design. You can use a magnet to turn them off, if you need to.
Who else remembers getting the manual with their iPad? Who here has downloaded that manual? Who remembers even getting a LINK to that download in their iPad box.
No time to read all posts this morning,
So if this has been stated, my apologies, but...
It seems as if someone's parent has been doing their homework for them
So if this has been stated, my apologies, but...
It seems as if someone's parent has been doing their homework for them
I totally agree.
Also in other news: If you get hit by a drunk driver, dont be surprised. There are cars and alcohol in this world.
...also, not all tablets have magnets.
The iPad 1 is strongly magnetic too despite not having a smart cover, so the problem would not be solved.
Any kind of magnet or just special "Apple" magnets?
Definitely the special apple ones. No regard for human life
Thank you. It's sad, but I've come to expect these types to stumble all over themselves to get in here and slam Samsung in some way. Very. Pathetic. These should all be reported as off-topic. Keep to the subject.
Who else remembers getting the manual with their iPad? Who here has downloaded that manual? Who remembers even getting a LINK to that download in their iPad box.
A manual comes with the iPad.
