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Austria's 'Bionic Man' Dies In Car Crash

euphemistic writes "An Austrian man who became the first person outside the US to wear thought-powered 'bionic' arms has died from injuries sustained in a car crash ... Kandlbauer, who would have turned 23 next month, sustained severe head injuries when the specially modified car he was driving swerved off the road in the south east of Austria and crashed into a tree on October 19. The cause of the accident is not yet known, particularly whether the neurally-controlled arm-prostheses he had been fitted with might have played a role."

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  1. Re:Seriously? by __aatirs3925 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't know about pinkj but I am. Look at my posting time and you'll see exactly what I mean. It's sad that this guy had to die like this. If you read some of the Chinese tabloids they are blaming American technology wtf?

  2. An interesting motto by tftp · · Score: 4, Informative

    his motto was: "Don't live for others, live for yourself!"

    No further comment is necessary.

    1. Re:An interesting motto by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      I'm guessing it was one of these.

  3. Re:Doesn't at least a part of you want to know... by Andy+Smith · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... but still dead.

  4. Re:Easily explainable by udippel · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is funny, but I lack mod points, alas.

  5. Re:I hadn't heard about these. by sumdumass · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's the entire "in america" thing where almost everyone who would be visiting a website would know that America uses Fahrenheit to measure temperature.

    Anyways, I was attempting to call the GP silly because 70 kelvin is like -333 F and -203c. And of course 70 C is 343 kelvin and 158 F. When talking about the temp of the weather in a country, I don't think any of those other then 70 f would fit in this world.