Technology can indeed provide convenience. But if not careful, he could also endanger the user.
Bak 'fence eating crop', innovation and technology, it also can harm, even claimed the lives of their masters. Late last September, Jimi Heselden, the owner of a company that produces the Segway, a scooter such a popular vehicle in the U.S., was killed while riding two-wheeled vehicle that.
Discovery collects stories of the inventor or owner of the innovation, who was killed tragically by a product made by their own. Here is the inventor or owner of the innovations that have been killed by their own innovations.
1. James Heselden
On 26 September 2010, James Heselden, the owner of the British company Hesco Bastion, a company that produces the Segway, died from two-wheel drive it.
According to eyewitnesses, the 62-year-old man fell off a Segway and slipped into the abyss berkedalaman 30 feet, until finally his body and the Segway found in the river, near his home in West Yorkshire, England.
Ironically, this tragic accident was just hose the day before the announcement of a research which revealed an increasing number of cases of injuries due to accidents Segway, the majority of victims are the new Segway riders who have not experienced.
2. Harry Houdini
Harry HoudiniSiapa not familiar with this famous magician. Harry Houdini, not a magician who uses traditional methods. He is famous for a variety of tricks genius he created. However, it turns Houdini died of appendicitis disease because of showing off the physical tricks to the fans.
Before starting a show, reportedly two students asked Houdini to demonstrate the tricks of physical strength, ie, absorbing blows posted on his upper body without getting hurt.
Due to obey the request, diseases of the appendix which has diidap Houdini increasingly inflamed and worse. On October 31, 1926, Houdini who was then aged 52, died from the appendix operation failed. Houdini was buried was laid on the box where she usually perform his famous trick illusion: "Buried alive (buried alive)."
3. Marie Curie
Thanks to its discovery, Marie Curie became the first female Nobel Prize winners as well be the first to win two Nobel awards at once. However, Curie also a victim of its own discoveries and experiments: a radioactive element.
Marie discovered two radioactive elements radium and polonium. He is very keen to use radon, a gas generated by the element radium, to cure diseases for wounded soldiers in the first world war.
Later, the new note that radon has a deadly side. After a long time interacting with the deadly element, his health continued to decline slowly. Finally Curie meninggak on July 4, 1934, at the age of 66 years.
He died of aplastic anemia, a condition in which bone marrow no longer produces new blood cells. Today the medical world record as a result of radiation exposure.
4. Thomas Andrews
Wreck of the Titanic in the Atlantic seabed UtaraThomas Andrews was one of the architects of the Titanic, from Ireland who was then aged 39 years. As a shipbuilder in charge of escorting ships besutannya, Andrews participated in the inaugural journey of the Titanic.
On 15 April 1912, finally, to the end, Thomas was 'accompanying' death was a big ship with other passengers.
5. Horace Lawson Hunley
Hunley was a legislator, lawyer, engineer at the same time marinirbagi confederation U.S. troops. And his famous invention is: submarines, which are used in the United States civil war.
However, when the discovery of Hunley did not have adequate security standards for humans. Five of the nine men submarine at the time, died in the prime dive mission.
On October 15, 1863, Hunley himself eventually took part in the second trial, namely with the mission of blocking the attack against the Union in Charleston Harbour. In this second trial, all including the Hunley submarine crew who was then aged 40 years, died.
Confederate soldiers managed to take a dive wreck and improve this submarine. In the third trial, the submarine finally succeeded in sinking a ship owned by Union.
Unfortunately, that success can not be celebrated by the crew, considering that in the end the submarine suddenly sank with all crew. After missing for 132 years, finally found Hunley remains at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, near Charleston Harbor.
6. Alexander Bogdanov
Not many are familiar with this name. However, the findings are very important for the world of medicine: blood transfusion. Bogdanov, who is also an economist, professor, doctor, and founder of Bolshevism, try to provide continuous blood transfusion.
In 1928, Bogdanov managed transfusion testing this tool is in itself of up to 11 bags. However, the 12th turned out to be fatal, Bogdanov later died. The researchers divided about the cause of death was 55 years scientists. Some say he was exposed to blood infections, inkompatibitas blood type, or even suicide.
7. William Bullock
William Bullock was a man born in New York, in 1813, who discovered the rotary printing press equipment. It works by turning the roller pressing the paper continuously.
The story of the growing legend, then mention Bullock was accidentally attracted by his spin machine. His legs were injured by this machine. Later the man who was then aged 54 years, have an infection and soon after he died with his feet which had rotted.
