What if one day you woke up and went to work like usual, only to find out your ipod had it out for you. Recently in Douglasville, Ga a man who works at a kiosk at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, was sitting at his desk listening to his ipod like any other day. When suddenly he looked down at his pants pocket only to see his leg was engulfed in flames. The cause was his year old ipod nano.
Thankfully Danny Williams, the victim, escaped the horrific incident unharmed due to a glossy piece of paper, which separated Danny from severe burns. The fire was one of many recent lithium-ion battery flame-ups. Sony has since been forced to recall more than seven million laptop batteries it made for its own computers as well as for Dell, Apple, Gateway, Toshiba and several others. This summer, a Chinese man was killed when his cell phone battery exploded in his chest pocket, sending a broken rib tearing into his heart.
Apple has since replaced William's ipod nano, but will that cover the traumatic damage he has suffered? Will he ever be able to enjoy an ipod the same way? Is this a sign that everyday technology such as the ipod is beginning to turn against us? Or is this some kind of crazy terror threat?
Well, probably none of the above. It's probably some faulty glitch, we are just human, people are bound to make these mistakes. All this technology is part of the world wide global market and has become increasingly expensive and in demand, but although we get so much enjoyment out of these things, should they come with such a hefty price such as injury or even death?
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