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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:Rule of thumb by Voltara · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  2. I have a logical explaination by viperidaenz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The guy said "they stole my iPod now I can't use my hand until I get a new one"
    The media interpreted that as need a new hand, not need a new iPod. Since need a new hand means more clicks on headlines, they run with it without clarifying.