Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Another 'nonlethal' dangerous weapon ...

Apparently it will not cause the pain of being shot in the eye with a small hi-velocity bean bag nor being electrocuted with a taser so how will our Republican breed of law-enforcers get their jollies?
The Incapacitating Flashlight --An LED flashlight makes culprits vomit-- by Prachi Patel-Predd
The flashlight, which is being developed for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), uses a range finder to measure the distance to the target's eyes so that it can adjust the energy of the light to a level that won't cause permanent damage. Then it rapidly shoots out pulses of light from an array of ultrabright light emitting diodes (LEDs).

The flashes incapacitate a person in two different ways, ...

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