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Exploding Cell Phone Battery Kills
LingNoi writes "A man in Korea was found dead at his workplace Wednesday morning and his mobile phone battery was melted in his shirt pocket. No one knows for sure yet but a doctor who examined the body said, "He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken" We have heard of other dangerous battery products here on Slashdot." Update: 11/30 17:34 GMT by Z : Turns out the melted battery was the least of his worries; he was actually hit by a truck.
In Korea, exploding cellphones are only for old people.
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He had one of those phones you shake to see how much liquid is in them, which indicates battery life. His was empty, so he filled it up with gasoline.
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Are we certain he was not in a closed room with a fan?
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...unless this was a very, very small man.
His job in the quarry was to hunt rats. He has a tiny spear, and special shirt with a gigantic (for him) pocket sown into the back to carry his cellphone, which is essentially the largest thing he carries.
Did I mention that he's a minature dwarf spider monkey? Hmm...probably not important.
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The answer is, he was hit forcefully on the back with a club made of ice, which shattered. He fell on one of the shattered pieces, piercing the cell phone battery causing it to melt. The ice melted, leaving no evidence of what had happened...
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In the future: hackers find out that re-programming a phone to radically fluctuate its power consumption in the same pattern that in flashing lights induces seizures in gamers, within five minutes, causes the battery to detonate and eliminate the target.
Five minutes later, government denies it has *ever* heard of such a thing, and it would never do it, even if it knew how.
Five minutes later, the reporter who broke the story dies in a mysterious cell phone explosion.
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Maybe he got his clothing here.
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"In Korea, exploding cellphones are only for old people."
In the rest of the world, they're also great stocking stuffers for ex-wives, guys who beat on women, and Darl McBride.
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Must have been a really good shirt.
A second doctor who could not be reached for comment concluded that the injuries sustained were consistent with those caused by leaving an electric fan on while sleeping.
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