Man with bionic arms dies after car crash

Otto Bock’s mind-controlled bionic arms let Austria’s Christian Kandlbauer work, play and even drive, but it seems the latter passion may have lead to the 22-year-old’s untimely demise. Two days after a road accident where the young man’s specially-modified Subaru crashed into a tree, Kandlbauer was pronounced brain-dead and taken off life support late last week. It’s not known whether the prosthetic arms themselves had anything to do with the crash — one was found ripped from his body at the scene — but both he and his vehicle were cleared to drive by local authorities after passing a number of tests. Honestly, it’s a tragedy for science and humanity either way. Man with bionic arms dies after car crash originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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