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Tonium Pacemaker Portable DJ System for Aspiring (and Novice) DJs
2:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The Tonium Pacemaker, contrary to its name, will not maintain your heart’s natural beat from the inside. It’s a portable DJ system, packing a 60/120GB HDD, that simplifies the DJing process in a pocket-sized package. More »
Science
Hackers Can Wirelessly Explode Your Pacemaker, Ninja Style
12:15AM Gizmodo US Edition | More wireless medical implants mean more ways for criminals to remotely attack people, and now Harvard researchers have proven it’s possible to hack a wireless pacemaker/defibrillator with potentially fatal results. Lead scientist William Maisel says such attacks are unlikely, but that might not be the case for long. We know most hackers use their power for good, but it’s those bad apples that hack power grids and attack the internet we should be worried about. [NewScientist] More »
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Scientists Demo Freaky New Hacking Target: Pacemakers
2:29AM Gizmodo US Edition | A group of researchers from the Medical Device Security Center (who would’ve thought we needed one of those?) have demonstrated wireless vulnerabilities in some cardiac monitor-pacemakers that may allow someone to remotely deactivate them while they’re implanted in a patient. Now that’s what I call malicious. More »
Gadgets
Pacemaker Pocket DJ Mixer Reviewed (Verdict: Amateur Fun)
9:00AM Jason Chen | DJing on the bus, at work, in the supermarket and in line at the RTA may sound like a pipe dream, but this pocketable Tonium Pacemaker DJ system lets you do just that. We got hands-on of this at CES, but Kat from TechDigest takes it for a “spin” (worst. pun. ever.) and finds that it’s actually quite good if you ever need to liven up a party with your sub-par DJing skills. Check out the review over at TD. [Tech Digest and Pacemaker] More »
Music
iPods Won’t Funk Pacemakers, Says FDA Report
11:59PM Gizmodo US Edition | The electromagnetic fields from iPods won’t interfere with cardiac pacemakers, says an FDA research team, contrary to last year’s rumours. 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] More »
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