iPad 3 radioactive

Well now that's different.

If there is a video on YouTube, it must be true.

Out of all of the ridiculous, draw-out threads I've seen on this board, this very well might be topper.

What next, GodzillaPad? 😝

Actually, maybe that's how they make iPads. Irradiated and mutated iPods.

okok... i look it up again... here the youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT6qHaKFgGY

and check this for radioactive iphone 4s (similar displays as ipad from japan)

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1253880

Well, I'll be darned! It's on youTube and a Forum. I'm convinced........ Mine is getting sent back to Apple, right after I get my lead-lined underwear.

Stedman

Regarding ridicoulousness ask the japanese government... they started out by saying anything dangerous is just ridicoulous (for nearly 1 year and a half)... in the meantime you can't consume half the products made in japan for radioactive contamination by amission of this same government !

Utter BS. Want me to post you a video of showing this? I have a Geiger-Mueller counter in one of my hands and an iPad 3 in another. I can easily shoot a video that shows this is in no way true.

Would be a great second case. I hope there won't be any bad surprise 🙂 PS: If your Ipad isn't radioactive this doesn't exclude that a significant amount of others are (explanation see tread on Iphone 4s). Lets hope these people can get their money back in the future...

Just wear some sunscreen (I recommend spf30+) and sunglasses. You'll be fine.

🙂

Thanks for the link! The video is about the iPad 1. I currently only have an iPad 2 and 3 at home but will immediately check my iPad 1 tomorrow.

My iPad 2 and 3 (purchased in Finland) don't exhibit any kind of radiation. (Before you ask, I know quite a little bit about measuring radiation and I have the currently available best prosumer (read: priced at $300) G-M counter -the Soeks Ecotester.)

Will tomorrow post a video of all this (incl. measuring the iPad 1).

I've purchased my G-M counter, among other things, to correctly and reliably measure my gadgets (of which I have plenty), mostly assembled in China (and some in Japan, but before the nuclear accident last year). Not any of them show any kind of radiation. Heck, I've even measured Russian and Soviet-made old stuff like radios, N/S8/36mm film cameras.

That is, manufacturers don't use radiactive material by purpose, which is pretty much understandable: Uranium (or any kind of radioactive material) is very expensive and sought-after. Noone will just put uranium in their devices, cars, gadgets because it's "cheap". Just the opposite... this is why I haven't measured any kind of radiation with any Russian gadget, car I could gain access to. Used fuel stuff is another matter but rest assured: Russians or the Chinese don't get rid of their radioactive waste (more info on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste#Long_term_management_of_waste ) by purposely putting them in their devices.

It's possible this particular iPad has some radiactive residue because the screen was assembled in Japan just after the accident and just inside to the radiactive fallout zone. However, this is plain bad luck - I'd say at most the batch in the given day / week is effected.

What about the consequences? Well, your finger gets some (minimal) radiation while it's on (touching) the screen. The radiation level quickly degrades even one cm (0.4") apart. As is also demoed on the video, there's no radiation at all on the back side.

That is, if you're afraid of getting some radioactive dose and don't have a friend with a GM counter (which are very expensive - a usable, current, sensitive model with a decent display starts at $150. I recommend those of SOEKS: not that expensive (the most expensive model, the Ecotester, is sold for around $300 at eBay) but very good) to check your iPad, don't let your finger rest on the screen. That's all. You can safely hold the iPad on your lap as tehre won't be any radiation backwards.

But, again, it's the best to get a G-M counter (or visiting a friend with one) if you're afraid.

"There is a youtube video in which high radiation (gamma and beta if I remember right) is measured."

It's not gamma. Gamma would pass the back of the iPad too, not only the front. I'd say, based on this, it's alpha - just like the case with radium watches ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium#Historical_uses ).

Alpha particles aren't very dangerous (as opposed to beta and, even more, gamma). Even your skin provides decent defense against them. They're only lethal if you ingest the radium salts - as did radium girls. (See the above-linked article on them.)

DeafMac wrote:

Just wear some sunscreen (I recommend spf30+) and sunglasses. You'll be fine.

🙂

I don't know about that. Considering that the problem is really caused by Death Rays from Mars, you probably need at least SPF40 or maybe even 50!

Kind of like the Far Side cartoon where the two guys are in the spaceship that is trapped by the Sun's gravitational field and the one guy says to the other "and by the way, those are my sunglasses you're wearing".

(I'd post the cartoon but I'm sure that would violate copyright restrictions).

Philly_Phan wrote:

DeafMac wrote:

Just wear some sunscreen (I recommend spf30+) and sunglasses. You'll be fine.

🙂

I don't know about that. Considering that the problem is really caused by Death Rays from Mars, you probably need at least SPF40 or maybe even 50!

Nah. It's the Mole Men.