Oldturkey03, Very interesting discussion. I believe the pacemaker has a stainless steel case and becomes a very good shield. I think that the magnets on the SmartCase are very powerfull, possibly neodymiun type. However, my brother who has a PaceMaker, and asking me the question, at one time played with some fairly powerfull ceramic magnets that I have and had no problem handling them. If I recall the magnetic strength diminishes by the square of the distance to the magnet, so unless the magnet is place right next to the PaceMaker it should be no problem, but I thought I would ask. Also, when the SmartCase and the iPad2 are "attached" the extra magnetic field around the magnets should diminish considerably while doing their work. Thanks for the information so far.
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Oldturkey03, Very interesting discussion. I believe the pacemaker has a stainless steel case and becomes a very good shield. I think that the magnets on the SmartCase are very powerfull, possibly neodymiun type. However, my brother who has a PaceMaker, and asking me the question, at one time played with some fairly powerfull ceramic magnets that I have and had no problem handling them. If I recall the magnetic strength diminishes by the square of the distance to the magnet, so unless the magnet is place right next to the PaceMaker it should be no problem, but I thought I would ask. Also, when the SmartCase and the iPad2 are "attached" the extra magnetic field around the magnets should diminish considerably while doing their work. Thanks for the information so far. Now I'll take a look at the URL you posted, looks very interesting.
Oldturkey03, Very interesting discussion. I believe the pacemaker has a stainless steel case and becomes a very good shield. I think that the magnets on the SmartCase are very powerfull, possibly neodymiun type. However, my brother who has a PaceMaker, and asking me the question, at one time played with some fairly powerfull ceramic magnets that I have and had no problem handling them. If I recall the magnetic strength diminishes by the square of the distance to the magnet, so unless the magnet is place right next to the PaceMaker it should be no problem, but I thought I would ask. Also, when the SmartCase and the iPad2 are "attached" the extra magnetic field around the magnets should diminish considerably while doing their work. Thanks for the information so far.
