Pacemaker problems? It may be your iPod.

[Crippler]

Get this, apparently iPods create enough interference to actually cause problems with pacemakers. In one instance it caused it to stop. A Michigan HS student presented his study at a medical nerd fest on his findings.

The study tested the effect of the portable music devices on 100 patients, whose mean age was 77, outfitted with pacemakers. Electrical interference was detected half of the time when the iPod was held just 2 inches from the patient's chest for 5 to 10 seconds.


The study did not examine any portable music devices other than iPods, which are made by Apple Inc.


In some cases, the iPods caused interference when held 18 inches from the chest. Interfering with the telemetry equipment caused the device to misread the heart's pacing and in one case caused the pacemaker to stop functioning altogether.

Source: CNN.com

Looks like the boy better test a few other media players also. He'll probably get a grant to do so.

Dmiller, you may want to keep that iPod away from your pacemaker.

[Wondermonkey]

And Peench, damn man, don't die on us!

[Quo]

I want to know who these old dudes are who are willing to sign up for these tests...

"Ok, Mr. Bickles. Keep walking on the treadmill. We're going to be passing various electronic devices in front of your chest to see which ones make your heart stop. Don't worry, 'Big Mo' here knows CPR real good. I'm pretty sure we can get you going again. He also does excellent mouth-to-mouth. Or so I've heard."

They probably paid the poor bastages with coupons for the early bird at Denny's...

[JParker0105]

Originally Posted by Quo

They probably paid the poor bastages with coupons for the early bird at Denny's...

HAHA, thats so horrible, yet true...