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Re:IKEA introduces wireless charging furniture [pdf] by Someone1234 on Thursday April 16, 2015 @02:53PM (#9390037)
I googled around a bit, and I can find some experts expressing "concern"[0] about the topic but nobody seems to know definitively.

So I'd stay clear until we have a definitive source that has actually tested it to prove Qi chargers don't interfere with pacemakers. It isn't worth your life because some random poster on the internet told you there was nothing to worry about.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_charging#Electric_ve...

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Re:IKEA introduces wireless charging furniture [pdf] by simcop2387 on Thursday April 16, 2015 @05:43PM (#9390914)
Yep that's my thought too. I don't see how it would affect it but it's easy enough to avoid them (for now anyway) so there's little reason to take an unnecessary risk.
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