Exploding Cell Phone Battery Kills 287
LingNoi writes "A man in Korea was found dead at his workplace Wednesday morning and his mobile phone battery was melted in his shirt pocket. No one knows for sure yet but a doctor who examined the body said, "He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken" We have heard of other dangerous battery products here on Slashdot." Update: 11/30 17:34 GMT by Z : Turns out the melted battery was the least of his worries; he was actually hit by a truck.
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His job in the quarry was to hunt rats. He has a tiny spear, and special shirt with a gigantic (for him) pocket sown into the back to carry his cellphone, which is essentially the largest thing he carries.
Did I mention that he's a minature dwarf spider monkey? Hmm...probably not important.
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Laptop batteries, and now cell phone batteries? Just wait until pacemaker batteries start to explode..
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Police have a sony laptop in custody.
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Five minutes later, government denies it has *ever* heard of such a thing, and it would never do it, even if it knew how.
Five minutes later, the reporter who broke the story dies in a mysterious cell phone explosion.
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Perfect xmas gift for an ex-wife. (Score:5, Funny)
"In Korea, exploding cellphones are only for old people."
In the rest of the world, they're also great stocking stuffers for ex-wives, guys who beat on women, and Darl McBride.
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I would have gone for something a little more clever before sending the detonation command:
PT: "Hello?"
M: "deadpalestinianterroristsayswhat"
PT:"What?" KA-BOOM!
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Exploding cellphone in New Zealand (Score:3, Funny)
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