Prototype Remote-Activated Wrist Stun-Device Shocks You For Aeroplane Security
This story from the Washington Times seems more ridiculous than ridiculously awesome, but the base of it is that some official in the Department of Homeland Security has “expressed great interest” in a wrist bracelet that can be remotely activated to stun the wearer. It works by taking the place of a boarding pass, which you then wear on your wrist so the flight attendants can know who you are, where you are, and even shock you if you’re misbehaving. What makes this thing completely absurd is the diagram after the jump. A man threatens a crew member with a knife. The crew member shocks the man into submission, then SHOCKS EVERYONE ELSE as punishment for sitting passively by while he was being threatened.
Update: Sorry, that last panel looks like a Photoshop. You fooled us, guy with rudimentary knowledge of the human anatomy!
[Washington Times via Consumerist]
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ah, wonderful - just what I always wanted
ideal Xmas present for the in-laws!
;-))
simon
ps, If forced to have this I’d keep it in a pocket, or wear something between it and my skin. Even better, we should retain the paper boarding passes we use nowadays.
I’m in Australia the socialist workers’ paradise. We are sure to embrace this goody! I don’t think paper boarding passes are an option, and if you refuse - is it a trip to Lubianka?
So let me get this straight, the Nazi stuns the perp, then stuns EVERYONE ELSE, because they didnt stop him? Ok, Children, you deserve this…goodness!
Notice the other passengers sit quiet while the perp is stunned, not moving. Terrorized by the Nazi.(or asleep). The guy who was missing while the perp was shocked seems to have gotten extra voltage, he is upside down…and his leg is rigored straight up! I saved this story to my tazer files. The file is huge.