revision3.com — It was Taser week on YouTube, which inspired David and Patrick to look at the tech behind electroshock weapons, from cattle prods to Tasers. It's a good reminder than it's Amps, not Volts, that kill, and that you should be careful when you fry foil with a DIY camera tazer.
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rambleOct 2, 2007
When talking about capacitors (which power a lot of these) it's better to talk in energy the capacitor stores rather than voltage or current since they'll both vary with the resistance of your body. Anything about 16 J of energy is dangerous and could cause fibrilation.Camera flash caps run at about 10+ J of energy.
turpenineOct 2, 2007
because everybody decided not to use it about 3 days after it was made
kibibytebrainOct 2, 2007
Even the energy cannot be consulted independently. The body could easily dissipate 10kJ of energy as a current over a long enough time. So the power being transferred through your PNS is the key, and that would depend on more than 1 factor no matter what. The voltage does matter however for the pacemaker nerve, as to how much it can be thrown off before its broken, but of course this will be a function of many parameters.
kd1sOct 2, 2007
A nice fine mesh metallic suit would stop the effects of a TASER fairly well, probably cause the device to short out and destroy itself.
katewilliams191Oct 11, 2007
Interesting to see that the tech behind electroshock weapons, from cattle prods to Tasers . <a class="user" href="http://www.reviewbooth.com/">http://www.reviewbooth.com/</a>
howe2skateOct 18, 2007
Besides all the electricity and such... Props to Patrick getting the Exploited Reference in the title