Sounds become painful between 120 and 130 decibels. Anything above that can cause temporary deafness and disorientation. With this in mind, Elwood Norris, chairman of American Technologies in San Diego, California has developed a device that can produce and "fire" pulses of sound at over 140 decibels. According to Norris his "directed stick radiator" with its high-intensity "sonic bullets" will incapacitate terrorists who try to hijack passenger aircraft, but won't damage the fuselage, walls or windows. The US Department of Defense is assessing the technology following the attacks on 11 September. Meanwhile, in tests of his own, Norris has already created a cut-down version of the new weapon and turned it on himself. "It almost knocked me on by butt. I wasn't interested in anything for quite a while afterwards," he reports, and adds, "You could virtually knock a cow on its back with this." http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991564 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
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