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By Stevie Smith May 11, 2007, 15:10 GMT
Study: iPods able to crash pacemakers
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In my opinion, this study is too Apple or Ipod-centric which gives it no real merit. There are thousands of household's devices out there that have the same interfering potentials, but only the Ipod was chosen, at least try all the other media or MP3 players too.
It looks like to me somebody is trying to make a buck in the name of research and love for the elderlies' hearts, using one of the most admired and beneficial devices out there of our time....Do your thing, but be more for real. Get off Apple's and its Ipods' case.
Did they check if the Pacemaker would change the beat of the music ?
Why is Apple so full of mistakes and bad facts?
Can't belive it. Miracle toy get's hammered. To whomever has said the used out of body pacemakers; read the article, don't skim it. People with pacemakers actually had their hearts stop because of the device. If you have Apple stock, GET OUT NOW!
I held my iPod up to my chest as a bonding exercise with my Medtronics pacemaker/defibrillator, and damned if the iPod didn't start screaming for mercy. :) Well what did you expect me to do stick it in my pants? (probably take care of my prostate. Ah well, so it goes.) Seriously, my pacemaker will squeal loudly at the first sign of EMI, trust me. Since I haven't had that pleasure yet, I'll continue playing my iPod until the battery wears out. Old hippies die hard.
Total Bullshit article...it should have been a study to prove how badly pacemaker manufacturers have checked their devices against EMI. EMI didn't come into existense b'cas of iPod. I wonder how someone can be even be allowed to publish something like this here...don't they care that this site will lose be taken seriously in future!
Well done! now maybe those Mac Head Drone will realise that not only Apple makes extremly low quality hardware (the Ipod is the whorst of them) but now Apple hardware is deadly! do youself a favor, put the Ipod where it belong (in the trashcan) and get your self a real music player... Ipod as always be about hype, and hype is just about the only thing can sell.
Aple is a lousy company that make lousy hardware, thank god for them, they is a lot of stupid peoples to buy it.
hmm.. nearly everything these days courses some form of cancer or disease :S
This is all bogus! What the report said was that when MONITORING a pacemaker by an external sensor, the I-pod interfered with the reception of the external monitor. This as nothing to do with the function of the pacemaker inside his body!!
If a doctor was stupid enough to try and reprogram a pacemaker while a patient was wearing a I-pod, it could effect his ability to do so. But so might the chain around his neck or the aluminum foil hat he might wear to keep UFO's from capturing his brain waves!
Modern pacemakers are designed to withstand interference from radio frequencies which are emitted from anything that has active electronic components in it. This clearly is a case of media sensationalism or ignorance of understanding the report.
Greg Chartrand
Speed up inheritance... brilliant!
But really, any strong electromagnetic spectrum signal can cause a pmaker to go off sync. If 'gramps' is listening to something from 'Of Montreal' while he's at a 7-11 zapping a hot dog in the micowave, who gets sued when he keels over while putting the mustard on it? BTW shouldn't that 17 year old be honing his skills playing GTA instead of conjuring up this speculative stuff?
g~
Seniors do listen to ipods for lectures and sermons if not music. Many grandkids live with their grand parents. There is more ipod contact with seniors than these folks realize.
Great, how will Apple blame *this one* on Microsoft?
I have a pacemaker and have been using an IPOD since December. I have not
experienced any interference as I attach it on the opposite side from the
pacemaker at least 12 inches away from the pacemaker. I agree that one should
not place IPOD's or similiar devices near the pacemaker.
That kid should be reprimanded for such an idiotic study. And the people that supported him should also be reprimanded. People with pacemakers are WARNED to stay away from electrical devices. Why are they singling out the iPod? It seems to me that there might be more to this story than just a simple medical study. The people reporting this story act as if this is some new huge revolation. This is OLD NEWS and EVERYONE KNOWS IT. The fact that FURTHER studies might occur is totally insane. That kid needs to get a life and realize stating the obvious is not smart at all.
My goodness, why all the narrow mindedness?
First some guy said the teen should be playing GTA instead of doing this! Yeah, regression instead of progress....that's some great advice.
And then people say they are singling out Ipods. Why of cource!
What if the study said that the INOi MP-180 MP3 Player caused this glitch?
Would anyone care? Would it get any attention? There you go!
The Ipod is getting 'singled out' because it chooses to by being that generic MP3 player that all people think is the only one. So many people have it and so much attention is on it, that now people say Ipod when they really mean MP3 player (even though this is not what the article is saying, of course). It's a bit like who Kleenex is said for tissue and Crayola for crayons. You get the idea, I hope.
Anyways, the article is just for informational purposes! :o)
And another thing:
This study was not done by the teenager alone! It was done in collaboration with knowledgable people.
Also, why are people saying for that guy to get a life? Hey, he may be interested in a career and he is trying. Is that not a life? If he were stating the obvious, why would this article be all over? It may very well be obvious to some, but like before...
This article is for informational purposes! :o)
Here you go Grandpa. Just put it in your pocket, and keep turning it on and off.
this is horrible news...they should outlaw them, what if some kid gets on a bus next to your grandmother??????
OK Rembrant - I survived an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest one year ago and have a pacemaker and ICD. Pacemakers DO keep the heart beating and ICDs 'zap' the heart in case of an arrythmia. Also, everyone ASSUMEs only older people have these devices and that is SO not true. My three children bought me an IPOD for Christmas that I use weekly when I walk and I wear it on my left arm inches from my device. This type of devices keeps me and millions of other people (young and old) alive so further study on this is critical.
1. Most anyone that has a pacemaker understands that one should not press any electronic device against it.
2. The only people that read these comments are those who: a) posted the article; b) are entertained by the comments; OR c) thinks what they post is going to make a difference
3. As all things, pacemakers are improving their own technology over time. So, as new technology is discovered to cause issues, new designs are created to combat these potential threats.
and last but not least....
4) MP3 is a household name, just like iPod
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