DIY stun gun
"Joey the Intern" at TechTV recently realized something interesting: When a disposable camera charges its flash, it uses a capacitor capable of generating 6,000 volts of electricity. So he ripped it open, attached a few electrodes, and voila -- a do-it-yourself stun gun.
This is what my arm looked like the morning after I was shocked by our clever device. The two little red marks in the circle are burns I got. Being on the receiving end of that glove was not a day at the park.
(Thanks to Boing Boing for this one!)
Posted by Clive Thompson at April 30, 2004 06:34 PM
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Looks like William Gibson beat "Joey the intern" to the punch in his book Idoru.
Posted by: chris at April 30, 2004 11:07 PM
Jesus, good eyes, sir.
I should have suspected this had been predicted in some sci-fi novel before!
Posted by: Clive at May 1, 2004 1:27 AM
on a related tip, check out FLASHPOINT, which gives very detailed descriptions of turning disposable cameras into projectors (of a sort) for less then $1.
Posted by: Abe at May 1, 2004 11:47 AM
Excellent! Very cool link!
Posted by: Clive at May 4, 2004 11:55 AM
Emitte lucem et veritatem - Send out light and truth
Posted by: Anonymous at July 7, 2004 5:39 PM
I did not find the sten gun.
Posted by: Ponet at December 1, 2004 2:25 PM
I did not find the sten gun.
Posted by: Ponet at December 1, 2004 2:26 PM
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Looks like William Gibson beat "Joey the intern" to the punch in his book Idoru.
Posted by: chris at April 30, 2004 11:07 PM
Jesus, good eyes, sir.
I should have suspected this had been predicted in some sci-fi novel before!
Posted by: Clive at May 1, 2004 1:27 AM
on a related tip, check out FLASHPOINT, which gives very detailed descriptions of turning disposable cameras into projectors (of a sort) for less then $1.
Posted by: Abe at May 1, 2004 11:47 AM
Excellent! Very cool link!
Posted by: Clive at May 4, 2004 11:55 AM
Emitte lucem et veritatem - Send out light and truth
Posted by: Anonymous at July 7, 2004 5:39 PM
I did not find the sten gun.
Posted by: Ponet at December 1, 2004 2:25 PM
I did not find the sten gun.
Posted by: Ponet at December 1, 2004 2:26 PM