Re: Things That Hurt
Police in the UK are allowed to use tasers. Our police are happy about having something they can shoot at dangerous criminals that will leave them completely unharmed but incapacitated.
In fact, the UK police trials revealed that when the police shouted as suspects that they were armed with tasers, in many cases the suspects would surrender. Interestingly enough, this suggests that whilst criminals are willing to break the law, for some reason they are unwilling to try and argue with 50,000 volts.
Right now, there are prototypes of a new kind of taser which doesn’t need the wires. It ionises the air between the gun and the target and delivers the 50,000 volt current through the air.
Unfortunately, right now it’s so big and bulky it can only be fired from a table, but miniaturisation is in progress…