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Prototype Remote-Activated Wrist Stun-Device Shocks You For Aeroplane Security

Jason Chen — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:20:00 +0000

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]

Guy Who Uses Stun Gun on Son to Toughen Him Up Jailed, Unsurprisingly

Gizmodo US Edition — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:40:50 +0000

The father of an 18-month-old child is off to jail for four years after being found guilty of using a stun gun on the boy. His reason for using the 100,000-volt Dragonfire, which resulted in muscle damage to the kid’s heart, was because he wanted his son to be “the toughest cage fighter ever.” Yeah, the toughest heart-damaged, cage-fighting 18-month-old ever.

According to the Deputy DA in Portland, Ryan Wittman had made comments to witnesses saying he wanted his child “to be tough.” When first questioned, the dad’s genius response was to say that the two of them had been “playing peekaboo.” Hmm, that’ll be the special version of kilovolt peekaboo we’ve never heard of, then.

The 100,000-volt weapon Wittman used is, apparently, more powerful than police tasers. Wittman’s excuse for the incidents? Arguments with his wife. It took just 20 minutes for the court to decide that Wittman should be sent down for four years. [CNN]

Dragon Fire Rechargeable Stun Gun Puts Lighting in Your Pocket

Seamus Byrne — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:45:00 +0000

The Dragon Fire Rechargeable Stun Gun packs a powerful punch, smacking down bad guys with 650,000 volts of electro-devastation. Small enough to conceal in the palm of your hand, they won’t know what hit ‘em. And, you can blind them first with its built-in LED flashlight. But wait a minute here. I’ve never seen a stun gun this cheap.

This $79.99 stun gun is on sale for $25.99, making it a lot easier to procure. Does this mean everyone will be packing one of these mini-monsters someday soon? It could be those 650,000 volts won’t be sufficiently powerful to knock down the biggest badasses—maybe it’ll be just enough to piss them off. If it doesn’t shoot actual dragon fire, we’ll pass. [CrunchGear]