http://www.ieee-pses.org/symposium http://www.emc2004.org/ -------------------------------------------------- I seem to recall that someone here in Huntsville, Alabama (home to the Strategic Defense Initiative Command - Star Wars) developed a spin-off technology similar to what you all have been writing about except that as I recall it was more like a spear gun, the projectile simply made electrical contact with the fleeing vehicle, and then the pulse was sent down the wire which presumably drove a high current transient onto the skin which in turn caused magnetic coupling to automotive circuits. In principle this would be much more efficient than a radiated EMP (assuming the separation between cars was small) and would not cause as much collateral damage.
I guess I'm a bit paranoid. I really don't like the idea about building an electrically-activated kill switch into a car. On its own merits I don't like it. But more than that, what is to stop someone from then building kill switches into people? The concept here is incrementalism and it is very dangerous. From: [email protected] List-Post: [email protected] Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:43:46 -0600 To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject: RE: EM Disruption of 'fleeing' autos http://www.ieee-pses.org/symposium http://www.emc2004.org/ -------------------------------------------------- Hey I like the electromagnet idea! For those aluminum and plastic cars one of those big claw things would do the trick. Dave From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 4:40 PM To: drcuthbert; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: EM Disruption of 'fleeing' autos Agreed your idea sounds a better solution. Chances are though that the civil rights folks would disagree (seat belts over again), the car makers would lobby against it (increased cost, reduced reliability) and it would be no time at all before someone came out with a dongle or jammer to defeat the security device anyway. Nope, my vote goes to the electromagnet swinging from a helicopter as per the old James Bond movie (don't recall which one, but it was set in Japan). It wouldn't work on landrovers (aluminium bodies) or TVRs (fibreglass) but it still sounds more practicable to me than the original proposal! Cheers, Richard Hughes. In a message dated 07/14/2004 22:12:57 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: A crude device. If the police really want a way to stop an automobile, and the lawmakers and the public agree, then hooks could be put into new vehicles to stop them wirelessly. The police would simply command your vehicle OFF. Of course this would only work on new vehicles but then the proposed device is said to work with vehicles only up to 10 years of age. If a thief is knowledgeable enough to disable the wireless shutoff then he/she is knowledgeable enough to use an older, immune, automobile. Dave Cuthbert Micron Technology ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. IEEE PSES Main Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions for use of the list server: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. IEEE PSES Main Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions for use of the list server: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
