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No, a Stolen iPod Didn't Brick Ben Eberle's Prosthetic Hand

Posted by timothy on from the too-bad-to-be-true dept.

New submitter willoremus writes A wounded Army vet had his $75k prosthetic hand bricked when someone stole his iPod Touch? Yeah, not so much. I'm a tech reporter for Slate.com, and a Slashdot post earlier this week prompted me to look into this story and ultimately debunk some of the key info. Sorry for self-posting, but I thought folks here might be interested in the truth since the false story was one of the top posts earlier this week.

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  1. Re: Still by jd2112 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It's all Obama's fault!!! I can't think of a single reason why at the moment, but that is Obama's fault as well.

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