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iPods don't really make your heart skip a beat
Good news: you can finally get grandma that pink Nano she's been wanting for the last three years. Science has proven that it won't kill her (well, unless it explodes in her pocket.)
A recent study by the FDA has concluded that the fears raised about MP3 players interfering with pacemakers were unfounded.
This story really dates back to last May, when a high school student from Michigan presented a study claiming that the iPod could cause as many as half of all pacemakers to malfunction.
An FDA researcher did a study in which the iPods were placed about 2.5cm from the pacemakers and found no ill effects. So while a new iPod may get granny mugged or struck by lightning, at least it won't tinker with her ticker.
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