Pacemakers
Aug 12 2008, Jaiyant Cavale

Heart can be monitored and regulated using the pacemaker but had got the researchers wondering how one might turn off the device via remote control. The lack of a cryptographic key in the device only invites hackers and they have not been known for..

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This illustration provided by Luc Mallet, Jrme Yelnik and Eric Bardinet with Inserm, CNRS-INRIA shows two electrodes inserted into the subthalamic nuclei to stimulate that area of the brain; the electrodes are connected to a brain pacemaker implanted...