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Austria's 'Bionic Man' Dies In Car Crash

Posted by timothy on from the sad-to-hear dept.

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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ..some of the Chinese tabloids they are blaming American technology wtf?

    It's a proactive defense of the "...cheap Chinese parts..." accusation which will inevitably manifest.

  2. Re:Doesn't at least a part of you want to know... by ajlitt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apparently they don't have the technology.

  3. Re:I hadn't heard about these. by udippel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    OR he could have been passing some hot chicks in scant outfits

    Where do you live? It's late autumn in Austria. And fscking cold, if that's what you had in mind ... .

  4. Hope he didn't hurt anyone else by tconnors · · Score: 4, Insightful

    'Kandlbauer "accepted his fate in a manner that commanded great respect from all of us'. What? It's not fate when it was his own stupid choice to climb a high voltage pylon.

    Why was he allowed to drive despite his arms being controlled by an unreliable experimental medical/machine technique? His motto was "Don't live for others, live for yourself!". Meanwhile, he was always far more likely to contribute to other peoples deaths because he was allowed to drive.

    I just hope he didn't hurt or kill anyone else when he crashed.