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harmonics writes "This is absolutely hysterical, it seems a "No-Contact Jacket" has been developed for women by MIT. This thing carries enough voltage to knock you on your duff (80,000 volts), and is decently stylish too. Now to find out how I can get my wife one. Just don't wear it in the rain!" The real question is whether the submitter knew the origin and full meaning of the word "hysterical".
Maybe this will help remove people from the gene-pool who insist on wearing clothes inside out.
What, you're tired of touching her?
it'll take care of those pesky RFIDs in clothing these days.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
I can just imagine women having way too much fun with this sort of thing.
Buy a designer Shock-Blouse(tm) and hit the clubs. Have a contest with friends to see how many guys you can knock unconcious in a single night.
"Engineers do the work of man, Physicists do the work of God"
Before we geek geeks trying to reverse engineer this jacket to help them attract members of the opposite sex ?
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Also, why is this only for women? Do they think that men don't get jacked up by criminals too?
It would probably involve readinging the instruction manual that comes with the jacket, as skill similar to reading the article.
The jacket has a switch in the sleeve you have to hit to turn it on. The idea is to only turn it on when you feel threatened, not to leave it running 24/7.
I read the internet for the articles.
Reading instructions? Do you know what website you're posting on right now?
The story has three icons next to it.
Technology. OK. I get that.
Toys. OK. Maybe.
Entertainment. That's twisted...
It sure seems both the attacker and the attackee are enjoying this (taken from the article) a bit too much.
Trolls lurk everywhere. Mod them down.
I live in Manhattan. What would stop some sociopath from donning one of these jackets and getting on the subway at rush hour? I could imagine the East Village punks getting a real charge out of this (pun intended).
A taser at least resembles a weapon and give an aggressor some cue that you are wielding a weapon, this thing looks like a jacket (although it apparently doesn't sound like one). I think that's crossing a line and as such requires more thought. Maybe a warning label or something.
One cannot legally rig up a shotgun or some other dangerous device to automatically discharge upon the violation of a perimeter, how is this different? What happens to mens rea (malicious intent)? How does one assert that merely touching someone is an act for which you can cause physical harm?
It's sort of like invading and occupying a country just because they could be a threat in the future, we don't do tha...oh, wait.
The best way to do is to be.
What if Rogue were wrapped in a full-body skintight latex suit? ..Nah. It'd never happen. That's far too ridiculous for a comic book character.
It's both.
There's enough amperage in a AA battery to stop your heart, but not enough voltage potential for it to travel from one fingertip to another.
By the same token, 50 amps at a couple picovolts wouldnt do anything either.
That 300mA at 80,000 volts could kill you, because the current could then reach your heart or cause your diaphragm to convulse.
People with weak hearts or other conditions could easily be killed by one of these. Thats why Tasers are illegal in many places.
I see nothing but trouble the first time some helpless little old lady brushes against one of these chicks in the subway and winds up dead.
I dont know if a prosecuter would look like walking around with a garment on thats potentially lethal to anyone who touches it would count as "reckless disregard for human life" or "negligence".
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
All this jacket is going to do is make the rapist jerk his hand back for a second... it won't knock anyone out.
Stun guns in general are a poor weapon... people that advocate them instead of more-effective weapons, typically have another agenda. You really need to hold a conventional stun gun on a major muscle group for a prolonged period of time (multiple seconds, sometimes 8-10 seconds) before you can even hope to incapacitate someone. Now, tasers are a very different animal, and slightly more effective, but they are a projectile-firing weapon (darts with wires trailing behind), and are designed to deliver a prolonged shock, at the discretion of the wielder.
Some will even shake off a taser... Rodney King was still game after getting hit twice (not to open up THAT can of worms... just making a statement on the effectiveness of the taser).
Some people push electrical weapons like they are some kind of panacea. Look, folks... there's a reason why cops still carry guns, and it's not because they refuse to use a more-effective alternative... it's because there's NO substitute.
I have to admit though... the jacket is sexy... mmmm....
Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.
Dilbert already invented Shock Pants almost 3 years ago.
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Come on, admit it. You pictured that too...
You're walking down a dark alley at 3am. Suddenly the HUD in your glasses displays PROXIMITY WARNING!! You whisper "Hull plating to maximum. Legs... evasive maneuvers". You take a hit to your hind quarter but your assailant loses his impulse manifold giving you the opportunity to make your escape. You emerge from the alley unscathed. Condition Green.
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Maybe the MIT boys shoulda thought of the fact that they're now in posession of an illegal item. From a self-defense-widgets store's "where you can legally have the stuff we sell" page:
Massachusetts State Law. Ann. Laws of Massachusetts. Chapter 140. Sale of Firearms. Section 131J: Sale or possession of electrical weapons; penalties. Section 131J. No person shall sell, offer for sale or possess a portable device or weapon from which an electric current, impulse, wave or beam may be directed, which current, impulse, wave or beam is designed to incapacitate temporarily, injure or kill. Whoever violates this provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two years in a jail or house of correction, or both.
Please help metamoderate.
it seems a "No-Contact Jacket" has been developed for women by MIT
Only at a college where the women are outnumbered by the men about ten-to-one would something like this even be conceived.
I could go on. But you get the idea. This is a clever hack. But it is not the sort of self defense tool I would feel comfortable recommending to most women.
The man who never alters his opinion is like the stagnant water and breeds Reptiles of the Mind -- William Blake
Ok, woman turns on jacket and walks through dark carpark to her car...
She can't allow any of the electrified material to contact her bag whilst taking out her keys, and has to discharge it before sitting down in her car.
Shoulder bags and scarves are probably out anyway, and you don't want to be wearing it while walking your dog, or small child, in case they leap up and touch the jacket. Take care when holding metal railings in carpark staircases. Do not brush against elevator walls.
This is going to need a very good disclaimer.
Muggers start wearing gloves
What I always wonder is how they test the effectiveness of these things. How do they know that it's going to knock people out?
Bob: Uuughh.. what day is it?..
Tester: Grab her again Bob.
Bob: What? Who?
Tester: The lady in front of you.
Bob: Uh, ok like here... ZZZZZZZ AAAAARGH!!
person crumples to the floor
Tester: Wake up Bob.
kicks person lying unconcious on the floor
Tester: We pay by the hour here.
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