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Old 11-08-2013, 12:32 PM  
sarettah
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New IPad Air design was borrowed from the Ford Pinto

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack...t-your-device/

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?A burst of flames? shot out of the charging port of an Apple AAPL +1.54% iPad demo model at a Vodafone VOD +0.86% store in Australia?s capital city of Canberra on Wednesday, causing the suddenly smoke-filled retail outlet to be evacuated until local firefighters arrived on the scene, according to news.com.au.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1971-1...rd-pinto12.htm

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One of the biggest continuing automotive news stories in the latter part of the Seventies dealt with tales of exploding Ford Pintos and the considerable awards civil-court juries were presenting to victims of accidents involving the cars. Was the Pinto fire controversy a lot of hype, or had Ford truly discounted human lives in order to save a few dollars?
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