Killed by technology – PCGuia

We look at technology as a way to improve our quality of life, but the dangers of misuse or simple bad luck can make the most innocent gadget a deadly weapon. Meet some stories where technology was the executioner.

Hold the pee by a Wii (“Hold your wee for a Wii”)

At the height of the shortage of Nintendo Wii in early 2007, a radio station launched a competition where the contestants had to endure without going to the bathroom. Logically, what would hold longer was the winner. To complicate the task, participants were given bottles of 20 cl every 15 minutes, but quickly the bottle size was increased as the game progressed.

Jennifer Strange, 28, was one of the participants and demonstrated his desire to win in the worst way! The young man passed away shortly after the competition with a water intoxication (hyponatremia).

Surprisingly, Jennifer even won the contest and ended up in second place. Imagine the winner, who not only received a Wii as it turned out, literally, with the rival. At the end of both the effort premium Jennifer were two tickets to a concert of Justin Timberlake, who does not serve him very

A word of wisdom -. Did not let anyone inhibits their need to use the toilet or requiring him to drink water unless it’s for something much more secure and difficult to acquire.

Confidence in the product

Garry Hoy was a Canadian lawyer working in twenty fourth floor in Toronto Centre. Had seen so much taste in your office and the durability of windows which stated that they were unbreakable. During a study visit to his office, Hoy decided to prove that their windows were unbreakable and ran with all his might toward them.

The Glass not broken and the lawyer proved his point of view, but perhaps not satisfied with the applause of the assistance, gave one more race to the window, sure of his integrity. On the second attempt, the glass did not break, but the outer panel that holds the window glass popped and left whole, with Garry Hoy beside him.

Does everyone remember the office is that Garry Hoy was right?

Listening to music too loud

“Caution, a helicopter will drop !!!” Isaiah Otieno could have heard this or even the shrill sounds of crashing the machine is in your direction.

Probably if he had heard any of these things, it would have deviated from the downward path of uncontrolled helicopter, but Isaiah heard only music . While taking a walk on the way to the post office to send a letter, took a pair of headphones that should have a good noise cancellation, since nothing has come to warn of what was about to happen.

Between 2004 and 2011 116 accidents in which pedestrians were using headphones occurred: in 70% of the pawn died, that only in the USA

Died for your product

Call it irony or fate. simply an accident: the owner of Segway died while driving one of their vehicles towards a nearby cliff house. The Segway Human Transporter hit the market in 2002 as an invention of Dean Kamen, an entrepreneur from New Hampshire, but James W. Heselden, 62, had taken control of the company in the year that she died.

The Segway works with sophisticated technology gyroscope, electronic controls and some software. The designer believed that this would have the same impact on society as the personal computer, however the unit did not actually invade the market with force.

The owner of the Segway was the first and only known victim of a Segway so far, although George W. Bush have fallen from one in 2003.

too Play

Many people who like video games or play online games to escape for a bit of pressure in the real world. But when the escape is taken too far, players can leave the world altogether. That’s what happened to South Korean Lee Seung Seop in August 2005.

Lee was an industrial maintenance technician, but quit his job to devote to play over the Internet. He settled on a local internet cafe and played for nearly fifty hours. The brief pauses that did served only to sleep and use the bathroom.

The exhaustion, dehydration and heart failure caused him to collapse. The addiction prevented him from releasing the games and, shortly after, Lee eventually died with only 28 years.

Counterfeit product

Although we consider that an official charger brand is exactly the same as a cheaper imitation, the truth is that inside the circuits can not be isolated or well connected, leading to problems and even the failure of the device.

But to a Chinese the result was worse than stick with your iPhone 4 broken. Ma Ailun, 23, was carrying a fake cellphone with charger, when he decided to answer a call without disconnecting the charger plug. The young man received an electric shock and passed away. Maybe the next time you think about saving for something that will connect to the mains, it is best to remember this young and open the purse strings.

Save the smartphone

I understand that you feel a special affection for the device that accompanies all day, distracted by the games when you’re bored or you can give her music even without headphones, but is it really worth dying for? There are several reports of people who died trying to save sobreadorado smartphone.

Most people would not consider the possibility of jumping to the rail line, regardless of the reason, but a man took the love of smartphone more further and decided to try his luck. The time for redemption was not well calculated and the man turned out to be harvested by train.

The Dangers of meters not reside only in danger of trampling and the example was a young man who died electrocuted when jumped the line to retrieve the phone and eventually touch the electrified rail. The 625 volts that were achieved too much for your body.

In an attempt to prevent the drowning of your phone, a man jumped to the edge of an icy river and eventually hang in there. The friend who accompanied jumped to try to save, but the two eventually died.

Excess competitiveness

We’ve all heard or experienced the frustrating, addictive and competitive game Flappy Bird but a young man took it to the limit. Gary Wright, 16, stabbed his brother after this have triggered several times on the record of the game

The brother hit the result of six points and Gary got 17 points. After several teasers, Gary lost his temper and stabbed his brother 17 times the number of points that this could

Soon after committing the crime, Gary Wright called the police and said. “Anyone who has played this game knows why I did it. “

SMS, chat and publications at the wheel

What you have to say can be very urgent and important, but try to send messages text, talk in chat or write posts on Facebook while driving can not the safest way to use a car

Until selfies the wheel has caused the death of a young American. Die every year over six thousand people use their phone while driving.

explosives Phones

In 2010, a young farmer from India killed when his mobile phone exploded near his ear . The Nokia will be blown after the young be talking at the same time that was too long to rain. The overheating of the device will àágua ally taken the battery to explode.

Strange as it may seem, and despite being rare, mobile phones can explode and it is estimated that about a hundred people suffer injuries resulting from these mini-explosions.

Relying too much on GPS

There are several disappearances related to the use of GPS devices. Some desert tours ended badly after the outdoor lovers have relied too much on his GPS. Most was lost after following the directions of the device and finally died of exhaustion and dehydration. The authorities have even begun using the term “death by GPS.”

In the UK a woman led towards a river, after blindly followed the instructions of the apparatus. The Mercedes was destroyed, but the woman survived.