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Zapping cars!

  • 03-12-2013 7:35pm
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25197786
    A British company has demonstrated a prototype device capable of stopping cars and other vehicles using a blast of electromagnetic waves.
    The RF Safe-Stop uses radio frequency pulses to "confuse" a vehicle's electronic systems, cutting its engine.
    E2V is one of several companies trying to bring such a product to market.
    It said it believed the primary use would be as a non-lethal weapon for the military to defend sensitive locations from vehicles refusing to stop.
    There has also been police interest.

    All well and good, unless it is a very old car! :p

    I wonder what else it would stop... pacemaker perhaps.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Me?


    I'll stick with the brakes if that's ok.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    M 50.

    Rush hour.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,221 ✭✭✭NuckingFacker


    I thought most French cars came with this technology pre-installed, ready to spring into action whever you desperately, really, really need the bugger to go?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭moxin


    They don't mention what happens when the car has a jammer on board to block those waves :)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    What an uneventful video.


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