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Pacemaker explosions in crematoria
(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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FT Labs
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Forms for undertakers have a section where one has to certify whether or not the deceased person has an implanted device. Cremating a person with a plutonium powered pacemaker might be a bit of a health hazard.
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I came across Amdahl's law repeatedly in my CS course. Interestingly, I also came across it when studying for a MBA, in the context of operations management and speeding up business processes.