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Control Technology Showcase
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Steven Wright has compiled several non-lethal technologies that seem to have reached the stage of
practical development. (Source: AN APPRAISAL OF TECHNOLOGIES OF POLITICAL CONTROL,
Report for the SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS ASSESSMENT, EU Parliament,
1998.)
* Ultra-sound generators, which cause disorientation, vomiting and involuntary defecation, disturbing
the ear system which controls balance and inducing nausea. The system, which uses two speakers,
can target individuals in a crowd.
* Visual stimulus and illusion techniques such as high intensity strobes, which pulse in the critical
epileptic fit inducing flashing frequency and holograms used to project active camouflage.
* Reduced energy kinetic weapons. Variants on the bean bag philosophy which ostensibly will result in
no damage (similar claims were once made about plastic bullets).
* New disabling, calmative, sleep inducing agents mixed with DMSO which enables the agent to
quickly cross the skin barrier and an extensive range of pain causing, paralysing and foul-smelling
area-denial chemicals. Some of these are chemically engineered variants of the heroin molecule. They
work extremely rapidly, one touch and disablement follows. Yet one person's tranquillisation may be
another's lethal dose.
* Microwave and acoustic disabling systems.
* Human capture nets which can be laced with chemical irritant or electrified to pack an extra disabling
punch.
* Lick 'em and stick 'em technology such as the Sandia National Laboratory's foam gun which expands
to between 35-50 times its original volume. Its extremely sticky, gluing together any target's feet and
hands to the pavement.
* Aqueous barrier foam which can be laced with pepper spray.
* Blinding laser weapons and Isotropic radiator shells which use superheated gaseous plasma to
produce a dazzling burst of laser like light.
* Thermal guns which incapacitate through a wall by raising body temperature to 107 degrees.
* Magnetosphere gun which delivers what feels like a blow to the head.
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