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animado
Henry Krinkle
Being a genius has its consequences.
Posted on Mar 16, 2011
sosar638
sosar638
I love the title itself.
Posted on Mar 16, 2011
Giruu
Giruu
Grim, but interesting.
Posted on Mar 15, 2011
TRENDKILL86
Ben
Clarence Dally, killed by excessive x-radiation exposure, though technically the fluoroscope was devised with a little help from a guy named Thomas Edison.
Posted on Mar 14, 2011
Anibas
Anibas
This is meant to be inspiring,... right?
Posted on Mar 12, 2011
WomanInQuestion
Alex(is)
I love how the segway guy drove off a cliff and it was drowning that killed him.
Posted on Mar 6, 2011
THMike
Michael G.R.
Sometimes you have to take big risks for big payoffs, and it can't always work!
Posted on Mar 1, 2011
iggystyle
iggystyle
sss
Posted on Feb 26, 2011
McCville
Jim
Punishment
* Li Si (208 BC) (Chinese first minister) was executed by The Five Pains method which he had devised.[17]
Posted on Oct 10, 2010
hotchips
hotchips
From the page: Franz Reichelt (d. 1912) attempted to use this contraption as a parachute. Reichelt died after he jumped off the Eiffel Tower wearing his invention, which failed to operate properly as a parachute.
Posted on Oct 10, 2010
Proffet
Proffet
From the page: James Heselden (1948-2010), owner of the Segway production company, died in a Segway accident. Dean Kamen invented the Segway.[22]
Posted on Oct 8, 2010
PaladinGreen797
PaladinGreen797
"...'tis the sport to have the enginer/Hoist with his own petard."
Posted on May 28, 2009
shetango
Carol
From the page: "Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889 - 1944), the inventor of leaded gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons, might well have died from the severe case of polio he had contracted, possibly in part due to his immune system having being weakened by lead poisoning and exposure to other chemicals in the course of his distinguished chemistry career. However, the pulley-operated system he designed to help move his debilitated body into and out of bed got him first, entangling him in one of its cords and strangling him to death at the age of 55."
Posted on Apr 7, 2009
LeuMasT
Uel
Good, but what is an "Honorable Mention" section doing on a wikipedia entry? This isn't a contest.
Posted on Sep 14, 2008
oopsstumbled
oopsstumbled
from the page :"List of inventors killed by their own inventions"
Posted on Sep 4, 2008
Divadrummer
Lauren
There's a Rasputina song in here somewhere.
Posted on Jan 24, 2008
eric
Eric
From the page: "Alexander Bogdanov, a physician and scientist, conducted an experiment for a "rejuvenation" technique wherein he deliberately gave himself a transfusion of blood from a student who suffered from malaria and tuberculosis. He died of the subsequent infection."
Posted on Apr 18, 2007
nycitycops
lala
List of inventors killed by their own inventions. Wikipedia.