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Sound Generator Lethal From 10 Meters

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.

penguinrecorder writes "The Thunder Generator uses a mixture of liquefied petroleum, cooking gas, and air to create explosions, which in turn generate shock waves capable of stunning people from 30 to 100 meters away. At that range, the weapon is relatively harmless, making people run in panic when they feel the sonic blast hitting their bodies. However, at less than ten meters, the Thunder Generator is capable of causing permanent damage or killing people."

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  1. Top news as it happens on Slashdot! by Viol8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sufficiently powerful shock waves can kill people!

    Coming up next we ask an expert - what exactly is an explosion again?

    Weather follows at 11.

  2. Re:Permanent damage at 100 meters too... by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't see the big news here. At close range it's easy to kill. Even something like a $5 potato cannon can kill people at close range. Being in close proximity to exploding things has never really been good for your health..

  3. Re:TFA SAID, "RELATIVELY HARMLESS"!!! by confused+one · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In military parlance, "relatively harmless" means something different than what it does in the civilian world.

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