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iPods Won't Funk Pacemakers, Says FDA Report

steve-jobs-nosferatu.jpgThe electromagnetic fields from iPods won't interfere with cardiac pacemakers, says an FDA research team, contrary to last year's rumors. After a whole bunch of experiments using saline-filled bags and sensitive coil detectors to simulate the effect of a variety iPods on the body, the researchers concluded "that no interference effects can occur in pacemakers exposed to the iPods we tested." [Reuters]

7:59 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Kit Eaton
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