DailyDirt: Defend Yourself! (Or Give Peace A Chance…)
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
John Lennon’s “Happy Christmas (War is over)” song used to be routinely played on the radio towards the end of the year, but it seems that folks either “like” or “really hate” holiday songs (and that Baby Boomers are still in control of popular holiday music). In any case, if you received a shiny new “Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle” last weekend, here are some other advanced weapons that you might shoot your eye out with.
- Automated attack drones might sound like science fiction, but lethal autonomy is becoming more practical as technology provide better sensors and recognition software. Landmines already kill indiscriminately, so “smarter landmines” are better, right? [url]
- Build your own laser pistol at home, you scruffy-looking nerf-herder! Remember: Do not look at laser with remaining eye. [url]
- If you think Tasers are effective non-lethal weapons for police officers, then check out Photonic Security Systems’ SMU 100 laser rifle which is designed to (temporarily) blind people from up to 500m away. Just watch out for rioters carrying around big mirrors…. [url]
- To discover more interesting tech-related content, check out what’s currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]
By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.
Filed Under: autonomous, diy, drones, lasers, non-lethal weapons
Companies: photonic security systems
Comments on “DailyDirt: Defend Yourself! (Or Give Peace A Chance…)”
The real target for all these "non-lethal" solutions are the average citizens
Given that NATO and the U.S. DoD define “temporary blindness” as “temporary or permanent” has a frightening implication: value your eyesight? Don’t protest or stand up for your rights.
Re: The real target for all these "non-lethal" solutions are the average citizens
time to invest in mirrored sunglasses!
Re: The real target for all these "non-lethal" solutions are the average citizens
Police officers have already shown citizens that pepper spray and tazers aren’t exactly “friendly” weapons for crowd control….
Hopefully, demonstrators won’t create an “arms race” of non-lethal weaponry.
Re: Re: The real target for all these "non-lethal" solutions are the average citizens
“Hopefully, demonstrators won’t create an “arms race” of non-lethal weaponry.”
Hopefully … the human race will wake the hell up and realize much of their activities are counter productive.
Yeah I know – dream on.
Re: Re: The real target for all these "non-lethal" solutions are the average citizens
It’s actually questionable IF tazers are non-lethal. At least one Canadian police agency has been instructed by the courts and a coroner to treat them as such after a nasty death at Vancouver International Airport some years back.
(The RCMP, by the way, and, in the way of the RCMP there’s no knowing if they’ve actually complied.)
Re: Re: Re: The real target for all these "non-lethal" solutions are the average citizens
Most law enforcement types consider the tazer to be a means of administering encouragement (aka torture).
Fun Fact
Tasers and stun guns are illegal in the state of Wisconsin. Air-compression powered projectiles, however, are not.
Smart mine that knows not to blow up it’s own troops? good.
Smart mine that decides to blow up it’s own troops anyways? bad.
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Smart Mine – new addition to the list of oxymorons
someday
Someday, maybe 3 years from now, it will all be a domino effect. Some huge company will take all there domains when they expire, and others will follow suit. That is what I expect. These things are all rather slow but I expect to see a new dominate player hoster in 3 years.