The U.S. Department of Homeland Security developed a 'dazzler' -- a non-lethal weapon which uses flashing lights to distrupt a target's equilibrium. A person effected by lights for long enough, will temporarily lose visual acuity, balance, and become nauseous. The government spend about $1 million on the project. Limor Fried, a MIT-educated engineer, decided that she could build one for a lot less money. She's made her design schematics and source code available for free online. Below is a video of the results of her work.
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Link via io9 | Fried' s Bio | Image: AdaFruit Industries
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Link via io9 | Fried' s Bio | Image: AdaFruit Industries
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A video of a vomit gun without someone even being green in the face is simply unsatisfying.
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Secret Asian Man and Ted are both correct. Attaboy, guys.
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People are not effected by lights. People are effected, or brought about, in an entirely different matter, known in scientific communities as intercourse.
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That Bush era Homeland security guy was a piece.
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Ya, what PAgent said. It's not fair to compare production cost to development cost.
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