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Why a helium leak disabled every iPhone in a medical facility (2018)

Posted 13 hours, 50 minutes ago by Gaywallet

Tags: apple, ios, phones.smart, iphone, healthcare, hospitals, mri, helium, author.daniel oberhaus, source.vice

https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-a-helium-leak-disabled-every-iphone-in-a-medical-facility/

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Authors: Daniel Oberhaus, Luis Prada, Mary Frances "Francky" Knapp, Natalli Amato, Nicolette Accardi, Matthew Gault, Jordan Pearson
Published: Oct 30 2018
Word count: 575 words

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Carrie
13 hours, 37 minutes ago
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I love that Apple had a prepared response via the manual:

I love that Apple had a prepared response via the manual:

exposing iPhone to environments having high concentrations of industrial chemicals, including near evaporating liquified gasses such as helium, may damage or impair iPhone functionality” in the phone’s manual.

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