Electromagnetic Pulse Gun To Help In Police Chases

adeelarshad82 writes "In an attempt to put an end to dangerous, high-speed police chases, scientists at Eureka Aerospace have developed an electromagnetic pulse gun called the High Power Electromagnetic System, or HPEMS. It develops a high-intensity directed pulse of electricity designed to disable a car's microprocessor system, shutting down all of its systems. Right now the prototype seen in a video fills an entire lab, but they have plans to shrink its size to hand-held proportions. Some form of this is already featured in OnStar-equipped vehicles though the electromagnetic signal used to disable the vehicle is beamed via satellite, and doesn't cripple the in-car computer, but rather puts it into a mode that allows police to easily catch and then stop the fleeing criminal."

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Re:help in police chases?

[ehrichweiss]

Funny, the only cars that pass me are the sports cars with big engines and they still struggle. Mercedes may mean "luxury", which may also then equate to "sluggish" in your 2 brain cells, but that also means they have plenty of horsepower. I mean, when was the last time you saw a Lincoln Towncar or Cadillac with a 4 cylinder engine?