willoremus - Slashdot User

Comment You're right, the story was false. (Score 1) 194

by willoremus on Thursday August 28, 2014 @02:56PM (#47777475) Attached to: $75K Prosthetic Arm Is Bricked When Paired iPod Is Stolen

I'm a tech reporter at Slate, and after looking into this I found that the prosthetic was not actually bricked when the iPod was stolen. See: http://slashdot.org/submission...

Submission + - Slashdot Was Right: That Bricked-Prosthetic-Hand Story Was False (slate.com)

Submitted by willoremus on Thursday August 28, 2014 @02:40PM

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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