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- Berkana, on 07/24/2008, -3/+45"...the device would kill you well before you were bothered by the noise."
If that's so, I wouldn't say it won't work. Killing people is pretty effective crowd control. - Daunting, on 07/23/2008, -1/+37“There couldn’t possibly be a hazard from the sound, because the heat would get you first,” Guy says.
You'd better listen to that guy. - mrsawya, on 07/24/2008, -2/+27"...the device would kill you well before you were bothered by the noise." - say experts
"That was the whole point" - say government - geekchic, on 07/24/2008, -1/+16"Killing people is pretty effective crowd control."
Clutters up the street though. - mCanada, on 07/24/2008, -1/+14It's a proven phenomenon, it's commonly known as Paris Hilton's first album.
- RudeTurnip, on 07/24/2008, -2/+15“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.” -The Dalai Lama
- Spuy767, on 07/24/2008, -0/+12Science magazine is missing the point. This device is for ZOMBIE crowd control, and as all zombie movies have taught us, the only way to kill a zombie is to destroy the head.
- hamishmacdonald, on 07/24/2008, -0/+10Makes me think of Louis delGrande's head exploding in "Scanners" or the melting Nazi in "Raiders of the Lost Arc" (though I can't help picturing him holding a bag of Orville Reddenbacher's at the same time).
Oh, hey, here's an idea: how about creating a culture where people don't have a reason to show up in droves to protest hateful policies then be subdued with violence? - Hangly, on 07/24/2008, -0/+9They'll use the hardened criminal bunny rabbits on death row.
- arjie, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7Implodes?! What, is there a vacuum inside your head or something? ;)
- 3tcp, on 07/24/2008, -0/+6This is the kind of crap that is produced by runaway spending on anything 'security' related. Rubber bullets, tear gas and firehoses are no less effective than the stuff they're coming up with these days but those look scary on the evening news. They're desperate to find something that would allow them to put down dissent without looking like oppressors.
- blackmesa, on 07/24/2008, -1/+7Microwave weapons are pretty easy to circumvent. A mattress will do. A bunch of metallic flyscreen/mesh will do even better. Also, I'm sure the emitter would be pretty easy to damage and a provide a large target.
- Hangly, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5I know its a cliche, but tinfoil reflects microwaves.
- RadioFreeOpium, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5well considering how its billed as a "nonlethal microwave ray gun" I would say it did a pretty crappy job
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4"Don't microwave me bro!"
The gun has been proven 100% nonlethal, right up until it kills you. - Hangly, on 07/24/2008, -1/+5"No job to dirty for a fukkin' scientist." -- William Burroughs, 'Dead Souls'
- ciaran036, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4Who the hell thinks up this crap?
- hoisonsauce, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3At least when it kills you, you'll still be cold in the middle.
- d4ftpunk, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3Hey, do you hear that noiz......*head implodes*
- elpresidente408, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3Anyone else remember a similar article on here saying this technology could potentially deliver advertisements to people walking around malls?
- mark101, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Ever been in a crowd? There is no place to go to in an emergency. Only the people on the edges can run away
- lamiaconfitor, on 07/24/2008, -2/+4'Nice guys are doormats.' you had better have a reason for being nice... or die. One or the other.
- ASSASSYN360, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2It will kill instead of hurt. Well don't let the military get a hold of that pertinent information.
- Zippo, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2all according to plan.
- sepelester, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Oh, a crowd! I need to control it.
- thetron, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2I have one of those ray guns in my pocket. But I call it a mobile phone and has the crazy frog ringtone
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2oops
- CressCrowbits, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2People who think it is acceptable to attempt to profit from violence and oppression.
- sevvo, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1God help us--does that mean there was another?
- Protuhj, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1At least you could make popcorn at a distance.
- mCanada, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1sevvo: No. If there were, you and I would not be speaking here. America would finally have the weapon that could tip the scales in mutually assured destruction.
- RadioFreeOpium, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2Crowd control with annoying noise? Whats wrong with a good old fashioned fire hose pumping formic acid?
- zip000, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Nah, it's just because it doesn't make a nice pretty acronym like "MEDUSA."
- Hangly, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2Are sounds more or less irritating than most prime time programming?
- brownspank, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1So it does work...
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Good. Freedom: 1 vs Fascism: 0
- Qeveren, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Hmmm, two university professors and researchers who've been published on the subject, and have nothing to gain or lose from the technology, vs. a company trying to sell an idea to the government. Gee, I'm not sure who I find more trustworthy, here...
- silveravnt, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1win/win
- ExSlashdotter, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Nothing some gasoline and a Bic won't cure.
Carry on. - AgentMull, on 07/24/2008, -2/+3I'm not your friend, Guy.
- chadsterrr, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Well played, sir.
- Mr.Gone, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I know!!! I'm glad you're on my side!!! Did you poop too? I was so scared! OMG! OMG! OMG! This is just like Vietnam all over again! Your analogy is perfect and poignant! OMG! I just peed too! Oh no! Can I go to the store? Is it safe yet?
- normalkid0615, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2I hate you all
- cotfi2, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0Hey, dumbass, regardless of what your jaw-dropping logic might conclude, I kinda think that "these people" who was droppin' the bombs in 'Nam have different jobs now, or prolly retired. Or dead. Of course, "these" are the same "people" who live next to us, since we have a civilian military in this country. Of course they'll test this thing on puppies and bunnies first! However, "these people" decided that this is dumb already and quit funding it (RTFA). If "these people" wanted to kill protesters, they'd just shoot 'em like at Kent State. Otherwise, I'm gonna dip myself in butter and roll in oregano before I go to my next protest. Mmmm!
- richbleak, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1I'm not your Guy, buddy.
- ibmetom, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0The human skull is a pretty good resonant cavity for microwaves.
- Mightbiteyou, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0too many greased up deaf guys!
- sevvo, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0ARGH *head assplodes*
- Yanarix, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0Seems more like something that would incite a riot than disperse one.
- aladrin, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2Okay, so a company has developed (and apparently tested) a noise gun and has set a release date. 'experts' claim it can't work, despite having never seen or tried the gun themselves.
Yeah, that's brilliant. Let's just listen to some 'experts' that don't have a ***** clue what's going on. -
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