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Build Your Own Stun Gun

Posted by michael on from the capacitors-are-your-friends dept.

mariox19 writes "Wondering what to do with your disposable camera when you're finished with it? TechTV has an article describing how to reach out and zap someone with a home-made stun gun. I discovered the link via Bruce Schneier's latest Cryptogram, where Schneier half-jokingly warns not to let airport security find out about this, lest (in their 'wisdom') they ban cameras along with nail clippers."

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  1. Stun Gun in a Camera... by whiteranger99x · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the best part is that you could zap them and capture the moment. Now there's a Kodak moment!!

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  2. Hmmm by MikeXpop · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...Schneier half-jokingly warns not to let airport security find out about this, lest (in their 'wisdom') they ban cameras along with nail clippers
    The first rule of Homemade-stun-gun Club is...
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  3. Way back... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    In junior high electronic shop class (~1978-79) we'd charge a capacitor up, say "Hey $NAME.." and toss it to the person. Force of habit dictated the person would usually catch it and get a nice suprise.

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    1. Re:Way back... by General+Sherman · · Score: 4, Funny

      I did the same thing, only even more low-tech. We'd take a styrofoam cup covered in tin foil, charge it with static electricity from a van de graf generator, and toss it to the person.

      The trick was not to touch the metal and keep it in another non-covered cup.

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    2. Re:Way back... by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

      I did the same thing, only even more low-tech. We'd take a styrofoam cup covered in tin foil, charge it with static electricity from a van de graf generator, and toss it to the person.

      We had it even simpler in NYC public school. We'd shout someone's name, and when they turned around we'd shoot them. Good times.

  4. Where's the love? by sn0wman3030 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did anyone else notice that the URL is http://www.techtv.com/unscrewed/IHATEYOU/story/0,2 4682,3653392,00.html ?

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  5. I can see the FARK now by gravyfaucet · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Bully breaks student's camera, low voltage hilarity ensues."

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  6. Re:Could they get banned at airports? by hypergreatthing · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should just start banning passengers. If there's no passengers, there's no threat, right?

  7. No...don't...just don't...... by Beebos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do the universe a favor and do not build your own stun gun. The little sisters and pet dogs of the world will thank you.

  8. Re:Awe Man! by John+Hasler · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doesn't everyone getting on an airplane these days have to strip naked, undergo a body-cavity search, and don shackles and an orange jumpsuit with PASSENGER stenciled on the back?

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  9. Actually, if you can have any kind of discharge... by quonsar · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...you should see a doctor ASAP.

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  10. Re:Wow by some+guy+I+know · · Score: 5, Funny
    the capacitors in a CRT monitor contain more than enough juice to kill a man.
    This is why CRTs should be repaired by women.
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