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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. The truth? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot readers don't want the truth, they want their own version of reality that fits their particular political/sociological/etc. slant.

  2. Mythbusters by dfsmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe the hurried journalists quietly noted that there are now 66% fewer Mythbusters and thought, "Let's run with it—what's the chance of being caught now, eh?" B-(

  3. Re:Rule of thumb by Voltara · · Score: 5, Funny

    Something didn't seem quite right, but I just couldn't put my finger on it...

  4. Re:Rule of thumb by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Something didn't seem quite right, but I just couldn't put my finger on it...

    That's probably because your finger was bricked.