Boffins turn all stolen phones into a Samsung Note 7
 

Still better than an iPhone

Researchers have developed new technology that can prevent stolen phones into a smouldering blob of plastic, or the case of an iPhone a beautiful looking, reassuringly expensive smouldering blob of plastic.

A self-destruct mechanism was built by researchers working at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia where caring about physically harming a thief is less of an issue.

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