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SmartWater Booby Trap Secretly Turns Thieves Green for Weeks

Posted October 01, 2013 8:03 AM

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The Brent Police Department has a crazy new secret weapon that covers crooks head to toe in a semipermanent emerald, ultraviolet glow. And they have no idea until it's too late.

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10/01/2013 10:28 PM

Love it.....

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10/02/2013 12:03 AM

... until you get sprayed!

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10/02/2013 8:22 AM

I tried to get a USA distributorship for this product a few years ago, but not able to secure it.

Glad to see it finally getting wider usage.

No way to deny your guilt with this technology.

They also have a paint on method of identifying equipment invisibly.

Thieves will now start carrying UV flashlights lights with them.

3D printing will enable a RFID type device to be embedded in everything in the future,probably with GPS and HI_Jack ability also.No way to disable without destroying the device(whatever it may be).

They now have firearms that will not fire unless they are in the registered owner's hand.The owner wears a ring that transmits a RFID signal to the trigger mechanism.

It will not fire unless the ring is in very close proximity to the grip.

Eventually, this will be implanted somewhere in the body to make losing it impossible without major surgery.(Perhaps in the brain?;Of course,that opens a whole new can of worms,such as: what is the seratonin level of the brain? Is the user agitated,angry,homicidal, suicidal,or at a sanctioned firing range?( all of this built into the intelligent implanted chip.It could also record real time record of the firing of each shot, along with trajectory, GPS location). A simple wave of the wand over your head would tell all.Perhaps maybe even with video of the event, using signals intercepted from the optic nerve.

This prevents a criminal from using your own gun against you;but of course,criminals will find a way to get around that,but it makes it safer for the general homeowner and children.

As always, the criminals find a way to accomplish their goal; Case in point:

I read about a businessman that was found wandering in the median of I 35 in Texas,in shock.His left hand was missing.He had been the owner of a Rolex with the combination lock on the wrist band.He would not give up the combination, so the thieves cut off his hand and stole the watch.

A finger would be even easier.

And of course,to some, a head is no problem either.

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10/02/2013 9:57 AM

I can see that there might be a legal loophole proving that the defendant was exposed at the crime being investigated. Video surveillance is much more positive.

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10/02/2013 10:06 AM

may be, but this looks a lot more entertaining......... to bad that the only way it shows is under ultraviolet light.

p.s.

Hopefully this is a controlled substance........... to keep it out of pranksters hands.

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10/02/2013 11:12 AM

A Hummmmm! Urine will glow under UV.

Why not go cheap, and all natural?

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10/02/2013 11:20 AM

Really?

Well I know one former manager who (when he dies) will have a grave that will light up the whole graveyard under UV light!

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10/02/2013 11:59 AM

I don't think you'll stand for that......

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10/02/2013 2:10 PM

I see an opportunity for a hand washing system....

You know Timmy, we put blue dye on the cookie jar....

Pssst hey kid....

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10/03/2013 12:13 PM

Lyn? Where is LynDoor Industries on this one? I bought stock based on YOUR forward-leaning stance on new industries! YOU are supposed to be ON THIS ONE!

Where's the press release? I want to see it!

Standing by!!!!!!

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10/02/2013 2:31 PM

Additional news.......

Tech 1: There seems to be some type of mistake here...... our mist dispenser is not working, its not dispensing...... and by the looks of the liquid in the reservoir, it never has.

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10/02/2013 2:54 PM

Just think what would happen if this stuff was used in the White House? It wouldn't be white anymore, it would be green. At the rate our futures are being stolen there would be a whole lot of politicians on both sides of the aisle looking green.

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