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From: tedk@ihuxv.ATT.COM (Kekatos)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: library book detector
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Date: 15 Mar 88 16:19:07 GMT
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|From: Harold Wong <ihnp4!ames!elroy!hgw%MATH.UCLA.EDU>
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|Why are these things so dangerous to people with pacemakers?
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|Harold Wong         (213) 825-9040 
|UCLA-Mathnet; 3915F MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555
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I have not heard that the detectors used by stores and libraries
were harmful to people with pacemakers. But apon thinking about it,
there are pacemakers that have (radio) transponders built-in.
These pacemakers can deliver carido-graph info and receive
re-programming data for pace-making. There could be
some kind of "inference" between these units.









Ted G. Kekatos
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