- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 12th, 2018
FDA Issues Warning about Security Vulnerabilities in Pacemaker Programmers
Medtronic users vulnerable to malicious cyberattacks
- Hacking News
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 10th, 2017
US Government Warns Hackers Could Stop Pacemakers and Kill Patients
FDA warns that certain pacemakers are vulnerable to hackers
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 5th, 2016
Security Researcher with Implanted Pacemaker Sounds the Alarm on IoT Medical Devices
Pacemakers fail to protect user health details
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 24th, 2014
Airport Security Scanner Kills 30-Year-Old Woman in Russia
The woman's husband says the airport scanner interfered with her pacemaker, caused her to die in just a few minutes
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- May 11th, 2013
Apple Called It First: iPads and Pacemakers Don’t Go Together
Story about 14-year-old girl’s discovery could be overblown
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- May 10th, 2013
14-Year-Old Girl Discovers iPads Can Affect Pacemakers Bloomberg
The magnets in the Smart Cover can turn off the implanted defibrillators
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 17th, 2012
Hackers Could Hijack Pacemakers and Remotely Deliver Deadly Electric Shocks
Security researcher Barnaby Jack unveiled his findings at the BreakPoint conference
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 1st, 2012
New Pacemaker Fits in the Head of a Pin
It receives power wirelessly from outside the body
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 11th, 2012
Cybersecurity Features in Medical Devices Should Exist by Default, Experts Say
A lot of lives may be in peril if measures are not taken
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 11th, 2008
Pacemakers Could Be Powered by the Heart
The energy of a heart beat could be harvested for power
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 10th, 2008
Headphones Interfere with Internal Medical Devices
Pacemakers and defibrillators are affected by close magnet proximity
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 4th, 2008
Respiratory Centers of the Brain Discovered at MIT
Two areas of the brain are responsible for the respiratory reflex
- iWorld
- By Filip Truta
- March 31st, 2008
iPods Declared Pacemaker-Friendly Once Again
Electrophysiologists at Children's Hospital Boston have concluded that iPods don't interfere with pacemakers
- Apple
- By Filip Truta
- February 4th, 2008
FDA: iPods Don't Interfere with Pacemakers
Beat goes on for both heart and Apple music players
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Stefan Anitei
- May 14th, 2007
The Heart's Natural Pacemaker
An enzyme slowing down your heart beats