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HOLY CRAP! Star Trek like phazer invented! They call it a "Plasma Tazer"

Wow, that's really cool. Still not close to a phaser though. I believe phasers are still based on emitting contained energy, like a laser - whereas the tazer mentioned in the article is using a conductive gas to allow an eletrical current to travel through.

When they perfect that, that would be a nice replacement to normal hand guns...
 
:shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked:

I remember walking down a street with a friend in 1985 when I was 10 years old. We were talking about what it might be like in the year 2000, and whether or not they might have star-wars-like lasers by then. (Hey, I was 10!)

Turns out I was only 5 years off! :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
Ionized gas = plasma??? Did I miss something in chemsitry?
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er, i guess you did, an easy way to explain this is that plasma is super heated gas.
learned that in chemistry.
 
I really think this is the prelude to the phazer as in Star Trek. Its kinda scary though - this in the hands of police could mean totalitarianism, super duper control factor,etc.
 
Originally posted by: KDOG
I really think this is the prelude to the phazer as in Star Trek. Its kinda scary though - this in the hands of police could mean totalitarianism, super duper control factor,etc.
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I'm sure people said the same thing about the advent of the hand carried firearm too. I'd much rather the police carried something like this than a firearm where appropriate.
 
Originally posted by: Rogue
Originally posted by: KDOG
I really think this is the prelude to the phazer as in Star Trek. Its kinda scary though - this in the hands of police could mean totalitarianism, super duper control factor,etc.
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I'm sure people said the same thing about the advent of the hand carried firearm too. I'd much rather the police carried something like this than a firearm where appropriate.
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I don't know man. I think police will be more willing to use a non leathal weapon like this more often than a leathal one. You know, in situations where a weapon might not be warrented.

I think of HL2, and just walking up to the police gets you a jolting bonk.

Awesome invention though. Lightsaber? gimme a good blaster anyday.
 
Right. If its non-lethal like this they'll be using it all the time instead of only when they have to, like with a standard firearm.
 
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