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Re:List of inventors killed by their own inventions by kitsune_ on Sunday October 02, 2011 @06:47PM (#3064288)
From the list, this is surreal (and not for the faint hearted):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reichelt.ogg

Franz Reichelt, a tailor and inventor, died in 1912 while testing his parachute contraption. He jumped from the Eiffel Tower and the whole incident was captured on camera. He told authorities he'd test it with a dummy first.

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Re:List of inventors killed by their own inventions by mtraven on Sunday October 02, 2011 @06:42PM (#3064274)
See also http://world.std.com/~jlr/doom/doom_eng.htm
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Re:List of inventors killed by their own inventions by zengr on Sunday October 02, 2011 @09:26PM (#3064616)
No software inventors/creators? Software doesn't kill?
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Re:List of inventors killed by their own inventions by gnoupi on Monday October 03, 2011 @04:03AM (#3065446)
Doesn't kill their creators, at least.
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