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| ▲ | kayson an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| As an RF expert I can assure you that I could create a device to wirelessly interfere with a pacemaker. A pathological one, maybe, but the point remains: regulation is needed. |
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| ▲ | fluoridation 27 minutes ago | parent [-] | | The question is whether such interference could be created by a device as a by-product of its normal operation, not by a weapon that's intended to cause harm. |
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| ▲ | kube-system an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| It's not likely, but if you're an expert I'm sure you could think of a few ways it would be possible. The reason we give people with pacemakers a list of machines to avoid is definitely not to waste their time because there is no possible way any of those things could be dangerous to them. |
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| ▲ | chromacity an hour ago | parent [-] | | I mean, more or less, we do. The NIH list includes cell phones, e-cigarettes, and headphones. |
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