I think the issue here is that a cell phone battery just doesn't really hold enough energy to break ribs and and his spine. That usually requires massive blunt force trauma of some sort. An explosion that could do that would be more likely to blow a hole in him than to mildly burn him but leave shattered bones. The injuries are more consistent with being hit by something really hard; the ground perhaps, or having something dropped on him, or any number of other things. Something with that much energy could of course also compromise the battery, hence the exploded battery. Or, as its been suggested elsewhere, maybe the battery did explode, causing him to panic and fall a long distance or something. But the key thing is that a battery by itself couldn't cause those injuries.

Somehow I doubt the sensor bar port has nearly enough power to run one of these things. LEDs require incredibly small amounts of electricity to power, whereas fans suck down a fair amount of juice. Regardless, this is at best a waste of money and at worst a device that could add extra load to the power supply and cause problems.

I've been wanting to pick one of these up...

Oooo Pretty iPhone

Yeah, even if the See module is a video card, I just don't think theres enough bandwidth to pull this off. Even the old PCI bus was 133 MB/s (not Mb, MB) and those have since been superseded with PCI Express at 8 GB/s. And from the way it looks, the data will have to daisy chain through each module to get to the "think" module that has to do all the crunching, so that second to last module will have all the data from the entire computer trying to go through that final dinky 200 Mb/s power connector. And you can't count on the wireless USB either. Even if theres enough bandwidth to provide each unit with the full 480 Mb/s, and interference / reliability issues can be overcome, that's still very slow compared to most modern computer buses.

Actually, this laser is probably an order of magnitude stronger than the green lasers on ThinkGeek. The most powerful one they sell is in the 10 mW range; as this laser can apparently pop balloons and light matches, its more likely in the 150 - 250 mW range. Its a far more dangerous piece of equipment.

I agree with ashokm; that laser can be extraordinarily dangerous; even a reflection off of something could blind you before you have a chance to blink. There out to at least be a warning posted along with the article warning people about the dangers.

Except you DO have to pay the extra taxes and such that those in the US don't. I think a better comparison would be to look at final costs for equal systems:
US = $499 + $160 for games and controllers + 5% sales tax (in general, you don't have to pay anything but sales tax in the US, and 5% is a common tax rate. Of course, if you buy through an online retailer you don't pay taxes at all.)
Total is ~$692
Using you starting number for the UK of 425 pounds, you get roughly $850.
So its still more expensive abroad. If the games bundled are what you want though, it doesn't seem like a terrible sale.