![]() ![]() 'The ants, in large numbers, can change the capacitance of the tracks and the equipment understands that there was a touch or some gesture on the screen.'Īnother owner of an Amazon Kindle also went viral for the same issue, posting a separate video on TikTok of their ant-infested device. 'Kindle uses a capacitive touch, which detects capacitance changes on the display so it knows where the touch was made,' the Mechatronics Engineering graduate said. He explained the ant's movements were registered by the devices as touches. This would have made it easier for the insects to trigger the device to make purchases, she said.Ī jornalista Mariana Lopes Vieira teve seu Kindle INVADIDO POR FORMIGAS □Į o pior: os insetos ainda compraram livros usando a conta dela no leitor digital da /QsoEfmbEmw- TecMundo July 28, 2022 Vieira said she had the 'one-click purchase' option enabled, meaning she can purchase books with just a single tap. ![]() ![]() The purchases had been made by the ants, she said, which had gotten into the casing of the Kindle and were causing it to send commands as if in use by a person. She said she was even more shocked when she started getting email notifications saying two books had been purchased on her account. As a result, electronic devices can be a popular nesting place for such bugs. Some species of ants, such as the Nylanderia fulva (Raspberry Crazy Ants) that originate in South America, tend to hide in small placed that generate heat. After a while, the dots change colour and scale, and even smaller, albino animals run over each other. 'Ants, little red ants, started their diaspora out of the device, in a terrifying scene. Vieira said the ants even changed from their usual darker colour to a 'albino' shade - suggesting those coming from the hole were young ants from the nest. ![]() 'I was desperate! I have several digital books, many of them are sold out titles in the physical edition, I thought it was gone', the journalist wrote. They had made a nest inside the device, rendering it unusable Brazilian journalist Mariana Lopes Vieira shared a video (pictured) of the ants crawling all over the Kindle, which appeared to be emanating from the tablet's charging port. ![]()
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