        Or would it?  He wasn’t exactly tech-savvy himself, and he wondered what kind of effect their EMI might have on a tablet.  What would they think if he proudly showed them a blank device that he couldn’t even power up?  He could put it in the Faraday cage, but then how would they interact with it?  All it would show was how unprepared he was to meet an alien race—not that he needed to be reminded.