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These bombs aren't made by electric engineers. They just rip out the vibrate motor and wire a detonator to the connections. Soldiers have found IEDs that didn
by wmil 16y ago
These bombs aren't made by electric engineers. They just rip out the vibrate motor and wire a detonator to the connections.
Soldiers have found IEDs that didn't detonate because they forgot to set the phone to vibrate. The display reads "1 Missed Call".
- jrockway 16y agoThe amusing thing is that there are dedicated GSM boards available for almost less than the cost of a cell phone: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10138 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10138 $50.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoMaybe if the world wasn't already awash in a sea of GSM phones. As it stands, I'm sure the incremental cost of acquiring an active GSM cell-phone is very much less than $50 (and probably comes closer to free).
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- borism 16y agoI'm sure you can get a Nokia for half the price and hassle.
- icey 16y agoYep, you can walk in to a best buy and pay $15 (cash) for one: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/AT%26T+GoPhone+-+Nokia+2320+No-Contract+Mobile+Phone+-+Black/9502549.p?id=1218115833245&skuId=9502549&st=go%20phone&cp=1&lp=4 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/AT%26T+GoPhone+-+Nokia+2320+No-C...
- jarek 16y agoTo be exact, this particular price is likely slightly subsidized by AT&T because they expect to make money on your airtime use. For a better comparison, you'd have to find an unlocked, unbranded phone which doesn't come with a carrier SIM.
- euccastro 16y agoAhem-- I don't think suicide bombers need to worry much about the fine print.
- borism 16y agoincredible! I was sure there are some under $50, but $15?
- X-Istence 16y agoNewEgg sells a motorola for $20, just gotta provide your own SIM :P
- aonic 16y agoCheap Nokia GSM phones are probably much easier as they just have to throw in a SIM card and replace the vibrate motor with a connection to the detonator http://bit.ly/fF3Ggu http://bit.ly/fF3Ggu
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- cubtastic71 16y agoI <3 Sparkfun!
- patrickgzill 16y agoYou can get cell phones for under $20, and if stopped by the police have a plausible reason for carrying one.
- Raphael 16y agoOh, maybe one reason a phone vibrates when switching to vibrate mode is to discourage using it as a detonator.