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Pulse Weapon Brings Cars To Halt

Posted December 03, 2013 10:23 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

British firm EV2 shows off a prototype designed to bring cars to a halt by confusing their electronics, causing their engines to shut down.

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12/03/2013 12:26 PM

"The firm added that it did not believe the RF Safe-Stop posed any risk to people using a pacemaker."

Sure, as long as that pacemaker uses a mechanical wind up spring to operate.
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12/03/2013 8:09 PM

Will it disable those rude, obnoxious bass speakers those idiots have in their cars?
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12/04/2013 12:02 AM

I think we could have a lot fun if it did. I know of at least 50 moving targets around my place I could practice on. I am going to invest in hear-aid companies, I think there's going to be a major demand for them in the near future.

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12/04/2013 4:52 AM

Hey now I was one of those rude idiots with the obnoxious super bass speakers in my car!

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12/04/2013 8:48 AM

No surprise there.

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12/04/2013 8:50 AM

Well I do try to play to my natural strengths as you know.

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12/04/2013 7:51 AM

I've seen the pictures of the rude, obnoxious bass. Looks like the danger is mainly in having your thumb bitten!

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Why would anyone (even an idiot) want to have these in their car. Do the loquacious variety offer some special benefit (that might outweigh constant blathering)? Is there a special tank required? Is there any problem with sloshing?

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12/04/2013 7:59 AM

Why would anyone (even an idiot) want to have these in their car.

Maybe in a car pool...
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12/04/2013 3:14 PM

No, this kind: Images for bass speakers -
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12/03/2013 10:30 PM

I wonder if it would have any effect on an old VW Beetle with breaker points, or an old deisel engine - all mechanical.

(mind you, when I had an old VW van it ate spark plugs, drank oil, and broke valves on a routine basis)
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12/05/2013 6:44 AM

None at all. Except the AM radio.
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12/03/2013 10:53 PM

It could work. It could also kill somebody. Let the joy rider go...for gosh sakes, he ain't that important!

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12/04/2013 7:07 AM

Klaatu barada nikto!

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12/04/2013 3:10 PM

This should never be allowed to be used against any car. This will now start another anti-this then another anti-anti etc... There are other methods like the one using an electronic marker, shot from the pursuing vehicule, to stick and permit tracing the culprit car...
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12/04/2013 3:23 PM

Note the 'test' speed...15mph

Is this a speed of a fleeing suspect in a vehicle or on foot? I wonder how much havoc it would cause on the freeway?
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12/05/2013 6:45 AM

Would work just fine for O. J. Simpson.
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12/05/2013 11:58 PM

OJ isn't likely to get far trying to flee even if he does manage to get behind the wheel, but I do wonder if prison bars would act like a Faraday cage and render the device ineffective.

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12/06/2013 7:30 AM

If the bars were completely surrounding the cell, and if the space between the bars was less than one wavelength of the frequency used by the pulse device - yes.

However, the frequency is in the microwave region, so, no.
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