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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 Nimey · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ^^^ proof that any story can be derailed by conservative jackasses who want to complain about the government, right there. Needs more random CAPITALIZATION to make A POINT, though.

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  2. Re:Rule of thumb by Richy_T · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or a marketer (vendor lock-in) or an auto company (special tool #16)

  3. Re:Slashdot got a sensational story wrong? by gman003 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Are you reading the same Slate I read? Slate got my eyes by hiring Dr. Phil Plait, who is basically a full-time anti-science debunker, one who is specifically against anti-vaxxers, astrologers and conspiracy theorists. And although I don't often read many of their other authors, I've never seen an anti-vax or anti-GMO article there either. They've got their share of inanity (the advice blogger is almost hilariously bad), and they link to bullshit sites like Buzzfeed, but "science illiterate" isn't one of the complaints I'd voice about them.