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New Weapon: I’m Burning! Wait… No I’m Not?

by John P.

Goodbye WeaponSay hello to the newest weapon in the US Military’s arsenal. The good news? It’s non-lethal! The bad news? If you get hit by it you’ll wish you were dead until it stops. :-)

The new Active Denial System which produces what experimenters call the “Goodbye effect,” or “prompt and highly motivated escape behavior.” In human tests, most subjects reached their pain threshold within 3 seconds, and none of the subjects could endure more than 5 seconds.
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The Beer Cannon

October 16, 2006

I have got to get me one of these… First, the “documentary” portion of the show. In this video clip we learn about the history, construction and operation of the infamous beer cannon. It’s so cool that towards the end of the video you can see that the whole neighborhood has come out to see [...]