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RENNtech Mercedes C63 AMG SPEC.R and Its Radar Jamming System Get a Test Drive

Sean Fallon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Jalopnik had the honour of test driving the RENNtech Mercedes C63 AMG SPEC.R. It’s a beautiful car, but one of the most interesting features is the radar jamming system built into the rear-view mirror.

Amazingly enough, the system worked flawlessly in Jalopnik’s test. The savings in speed tickets alone means that this car will pay for itself in time. Well…maybe not. Hit up Jalopnik to get the full test-drive details. [Jalopnik]

Laser Star Allegedly Turns Your Clunker Into Invisible Asphalt Phantom

Jack Loftus — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:00:00 +0000

The Laser Star is new to the States, but it’s already made a name for itself in Europe as a cheap, effective way to jam police speed trap lasers. These demonstrations from Laser Jammer Tests show why. No fewer than four police-issue laser detectors were foiled by the Laser Star without so much as a hiccup. Regardless of your views on this kind of tech, it’s still amazingly cool how the Audi S4 in the videos is effectively invisible to the laser detectors. And when you aren’t fighting the man, Laser Star’s sensors help park the car too. Personally, I can’t wait to get one and recreate my favourite Vin Diesel scenes from The Fast and the Furious.

Top Speed tested out the parking sensors that come with Laser Star, and in a word they worked perfectly. The tester was able to detect cars and other objects at roughly 6 metres, and after some tweaking got the system tracking objects within a few inches. Good to know if you’re evading the police and have to park in an alley in a hurry.

Lastly, some wise words from the testers themselves:

Laser jammers are built to jam police laser guns, but they’re not built for you to be stupid about it. If you’re targeted by a police officer the buzzer inside the car will alert. Slow down, drop to the posted speed limit, and then shut off jammer. Once you turn off the jammer the officer will instantly get a reading. He will then see you’re driving at the posted speed limit. No suspicion will arise if you use a laser jammer correctly. Never jam a police officer all the way to the gun. Slow down to the speed limit, then turn off the jammer.

[Laser Jammer Tests]

Phone Jammer Disguised as a Pack of Cigarettes

Addy Dugdale — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:30:59 +0000

Flip the lid on this pack of Marlboro Lights, press the black button and all mobile phones in a 60-foot radius will go dead. Given how hard I am finding it to give up the weed, however, I would prefer a phone that stopped me from smoking. The price of silence? $950. [Red Ferret via Advanced Intelligence]

Palm-Sized Mobile Jammer Gives Public Gabbers the Smackdown

Charlie White — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:00:00 +0000

This is not the first cellphone jammer on the market and won’t be the last, but this $166 model is small enough to discreetly carry anywhere. It’s powerful enough for personal use, slam-dunking GSM calls within about a 30-foot radius. That might be just the range of earshot in a movie theater, unless there’s yelling involved. But there usually is. Don’t get caught, this can’t be legal. [Brando]

Personal Phone Signal Blocker Delivers Electronic TFSU

Charlie White — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:00:04 +0000

Fed up with clueless cellphone gabbing in public? Put an immediate stop to it with this Personal Cellphone Signal Blocker. Running on a portable battery that lasts three to four hours, this 6-ounce pocketable jammer (4″x1.85″x.71″) disrupts signals from GSM, CDMA, DCS, PHS and 3G networks, and its manufacturer says it can do this miracle within a radius of…uh oh, get this: 2 to 40 feet.

Some people who’ve used the jammer say it works beautifully, while others are complaining they can’t get it to work in the United States. We’re thinking that it’s of limited usefulness if it can only jam signals within 2 feet, but 40 feet away is a whole different story.

But wait a sec, isn’t this illegal? Probably, but not if you’re the president. So W, if you’re reading the Giz, you’re in the clear. In some circumstances, the morality of jamming cellphone signals within a 40 foot range might be debatable. Even so, there’s a train we ride from time to time that could sure use a dose of this jamming, all the way from engine to caboose. If this signal blocker could just give us one sweet nap on the train, free of cellphone yelling, it would be well worth its $48.31 price. [Dealextreme]