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Point-And-Shoot Weapon Stops Drones Without Destroying Them
An anonymous reader writes: Unmanned aerial vehicles — so-called drones — can be helpful, malicious, or simply disruptive, depending on the intentions of those who use them. But while regular folks have to be worried about law suits if they shoot one down, law enforcement officers have a better solution, and one that's currently legal (for them): stop one mid-flight. This can be achieved with DroneDefender, a recently made available "gun" that uses radio control frequency disruption technologies to safely stop drones in the air, before they can pose a threat to military or civilian safety.
If the police are half as accurate with this device as they are with their sidearms, we haven't too much to be concerned about.
That depends. If the drone is painted black, it's in trouble.