Thread: iPad Magnets Can Shut Off Implanted Defibrillators
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Old 05-23-2013, 08:46 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS View Post
I don't think that paranoia mixes well with heart problems. I take it your friend doesn't get near people that have phones, mp3 players, etc.

How many magnets do the Nexus7 and the cover have?
ifixit did a teardown of the iPad cover:
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This question was asked in 2011 on the Apple website:
as the i pad 2 has magnets in it can you use it if you have a pacemaker
The replies:
Well I don't know about you but I don't go around hugging the entire human race, the only person regularly within a few inches of me would be my wife and maybe a hug from family and close friends... definitely not laying across my chest fo any length of time... well wife excepted but she isn't personally ferro-magnetic...
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