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Friday, March 21, 2008

PARANOIA in the real world: In-flight shock bracelets 

Boing Boing has the story:
Lamperd, a "firearm training system" company, has patented a bracelet that delivers debilitating shocks when remotely triggered. Their killer app for this is aviation safety: They're proposing that the TSA could force everyone who flies to wear one of these, and then flight-attendants could zap us into a stupor if we turn out to be Al Qaeda.

Check the comments on the Boing Boing thread: "Don't tase me ma'am!" -- "Why not just skip this step and go straight to the Battle Royale-style head-exploding collars?" -- and my favorite: "Stewardess! 500 Quatloos on the tall, sullen-looking one. A fine specimen!"

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