A flashlight that will make you puke

I’m sure at one point in your life you’ve been pulled over by Johnny Law and had him flash that super duper bright flashlight in your eyes asking you for your drivers license ownership and insurance. Imagine if that flashlight when pointed in your eyes actually made you vomit.

The incapacitating flashlight is being developed for the Department of Homeland Security in the US. The Uber bright light which is generated from an array of LED’s will be able to use a range finder to measure the distance to the target’s eyes so that it can adjust the energy of the light to a level that won’t cause permanent damage but, you guessed it, will make you toss your cookies

The DHS is funding the research on the new nonlethal weapon. Cops, border security personnel and the National Guard could be carrying these things around by 2010.

What’s next? Freaking sharks with laser beams on their heads. Once 2010 rolls around I’ll make sure to wear my sunglasses at all times. That should fool em.

[Via MIT Review]

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