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by EtienneDeLyon 57 days ago
As a RF expert, I can assure you that is not possible. And basic common sense should tell you why.

It's AM radio that gets interfered with.

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It's not likely, but if you're an expert I'm sure you could think of a few ways it would be possible. The reason we give people with pacemakers a list of machines to avoid is definitely not to waste their time because there is no possible way any of those things could be dangerous to them.
I mean, more or less, we do. The NIH list includes cell phones, e-cigarettes, and headphones.
As an RF expert I can assure you that I could create a device to wirelessly interfere with a pacemaker. A pathological one, maybe, but the point remains: regulation is needed.
The question is whether such interference could be created by a device as a by-product of its normal operation, not by a weapon that's intended to cause harm.