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The Japanese National Institute of Technology and Evaluation has announced that they have confirmed that some of the household electrical heaters available in Japan malfunction when subjected to electrical disturbances.

During the testing of one aircraft, we suffered a very marked and complete electrical failure of the aircraft (much to the alarm of both the test engineers and the cockpit crew) which turned out to be due to the EUT we were testing.

Because of their mobility, vehicles will be placed in many different kinds of Electromagnetic environments.

Search and rescue transmitter interferes with car alarms, central locking, and garage door openers in Las Vegas.

Walkie-talkies interfere with electronic door locks on aircraft cockpits.

Is it safe to use cellphones on airplanes? The real question should be: “Is it safe for passengers to use any electronic equipment on airplanes?”

Operating my personal document shredder crashes my digital TV set-top box, although it is 5 metres away. Toggling the on/off button on the set-top box restores normal operation. 

In the kitchen we have a radio/tape/cd and recently the tapes have been playing with very poor sound quality.

Cellular telephones can interfere with medical equipment – Mayo Clinic concludes

Major news outlets in the Philadelphia metropolitan area report that the head of the city’s Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has called on city officials to replace the two-and-a-half year old Motorola police radio system because of repeated communications failures.