Study Conducted by 14-Year-Old Finds that iPads Can Alter Implanted Devices

A study, conducted by a 14-year-old investigator, has found that magnetic interference from devices like iPads can change the settings and even deactivate the technology of implantable cardiac devices. The findings, reported in Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics,  were noted after a 4-month old with hydrocephalus developed a shunt malformation when the iPad her mother was holding changed the magnetically programmable settings in a valve meant to control the flow of fluid in her brain. Click here to read the full story.