London, Nov 20 (ANI): Travellers have been warned that their Amazon Kindle e-reader can be destroyed by security X-ray scanners at airports.
Multiple complaints from users have recently emerged that their Kindle was ruined by a baggage check.
This has prompted claims that radiation permanently affected the device's electronic ink display, the Telegraph reports.
Electronic ink screens use thousands of tiny capsules filled with magnetic black and white particles to display text and pictures.
It is controlled by applying a small voltage across the capsules, which sends either the positively charge white particles or the negatively charged black particles to the front.
They stay in place until the next time a voltage is applied, which allows the Kindle battery to last for much longer than in gadgets that use LCD screens, such as the iPad.
Meanwhile, Amazon has denied X-ray machines were a threat to the Kindle.
"Exposing your Kindle to an X-ray machine, such as those used by airport security, should not cause and problems with it," a spokesman for the internet giant said.
"Many Kindle users travel by air, and their Kindles are screened by airport security every day without issue," he added.
According to users, the firm has replaced Kindles that stopped working after passing through an airport scanner. (ANI)
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