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Homeland Security Commissions LED-Based Puke-Saber

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-one-won't-cut-off-hands dept.

E++99 writes "Homeland Security has contracted with Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. to develop an "LED Incapacitator," a nonlethal weapon consisting of a large flashlight with a cluster of LEDs capable of emitting "super-bright pulses of light at rapidly changing wavelengths." Sounds innocuous enough... until they they shine "the evil color" at you and you start puking! A working prototype has been completed, and they will soon be putting it through its paces. Homeland Security hopes to give it to Border Patrol agents and National Guardsmen by 2010."

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  1. Great, so we're using Fox News for sources. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dear America: your tax dollars hard at work.

    Just don't look at the fancy flashlights and you shouldn't get sick!

  2. Re:Construct plans and make them public by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sure, I'd be jumping to help the assholes who make my life harder in the name of trying to force everyone to be a vegan...

  3. Re:Sweet! by Propaganda13 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I prefer http://www.seizurerobots.com/

    I've used their flashing background on a multi monitor setup and my co-worker wouldn't stop talking about it. Of course, most of the things they said weren't very nice.

  4. Re:Sweet! by tomhudson · · Score: -1, Troll

    If the goal is to incapacitate people by getting them to involuntarily close their eyes and want to puke, this works a lot better, its available today, and it doesn't need a huge development budget.

    One guy came back from vacation and spent several minutes trying to change his wallpaper without actually looking at his monitor.