Dec 29 2008PEW PEW: Cops' New Non-Lethal Weaponry
That thing doesn't even look real. It looks like a gun out of a video game. Or something cardboard Halo kid would make. But no, it's real (nonlethal) weapon.
Pictured above is the PHaSR, the bad-ass "Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response" rifle that's just about ready for deployment. It puts the hurt on you by dazzling you with laser light, while also burning your skin with an infrared laser.
PHaSR, very clever. I would have gone with PEW! though: Personal Eradication Weapon!. But hey, what do I know? I'm only a guy that practically comes up with acronyms for a living. Anyway, there's another weapon coming too, the ADS, or Active Denial System (which should clearly be the Active Incendiary Denial System), capable of shooting a 6-foot wide microwave beam that makes you feel all hot and bothered, but, on the plus side, can cook a frozen burrito like that.
Two fearsome non-lethal weapons on their way to cops' hands [dvice]
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Reader Comments
1. Pew³ - December 29, 2008 6:41 PM
YEAH, Looks kinda HALO-y.
2. Daisy - December 29, 2008 6:49 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like the scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max and Baja work together to finance the Afghanistan army in their fight against the soviet oppressors. Max's dad hates the communists so he was all for it, but MAx's mom thought he was a bit young to be travelling around the world fighting in the cold war.
3. Uncle Eccoli - December 29, 2008 6:52 PM
I hate it when these idiots come up with their acronyms first and then reach for a thesaurus. "Alright, guys, what's the "P" going to stand for?"
4. known - December 29, 2008 7:07 PM
That's the gun from the 5th element, you can't see the red button because it's on the other side. It shoots giant nets, grenades, smart bullets and probably lazer beams mmMMmmmm
5. Boost - December 29, 2008 7:55 PM
That's cool, but really, does it need to look like that?
Seriously.
6. ... - December 29, 2008 9:40 PM
HOLY LIVING HORSE CRAP BATMAN! THIS THING IS AT LEAST 10 YEARS OLD. BETTER WATCH THE USE OF THE WORD "NEW."
7. Derek - December 29, 2008 9:58 PM
Makes you feel all what?
Oh and, use it on Daisy...>.>
8. Gizmoduck - December 29, 2008 11:03 PM
its maddening
9. Jimmy Jim - December 29, 2008 11:18 PM
Why is falcons rookie quarterback Matt Ryan testing out weapons? He should be in practice, coach is not going to be pleased!
10. Spam Artist - December 29, 2008 11:57 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like a scene from the movie Tender Dracula where Dracula eats too many packets of microwaved popcorn and turns into a box full of polystyrene foam.
11. E - December 30, 2008 1:38 AM
LAST
12. Eelill - December 30, 2008 3:09 AM
I think he looks like a guy rocking out on his uber-guitar
13. asdf - December 30, 2008 3:37 AM
Old. :\
14. Timbo - December 30, 2008 8:31 AM
Who cares if it's "old".... Geekologie is Gagets, Gizmos and Awesome....not Gadgets gizmos and "NEW". I've never seen it.
And personally I think it looks gay.....
15. Joe - December 30, 2008 11:09 AM
Looks like a modded nerf gun, non lethal and costs $30 + 2 hours of shitty paint. Infrared my ass, Its cold out and I like heat so bring it on. Besides "It's not a laser. It's a little light bulb that blinks."
16. Tony Huynh - December 30, 2008 11:13 AM
Too big and cumbersome to actually be useful on active duty.
17. ditax - December 30, 2008 4:20 PM
one word:
HALO
THEY JUST changed the color... it was better purple!!!! :(
18. OxentroT - December 30, 2008 4:24 PM
LOL, ROFL, Eff that stupid crap. were not in some sci-fi movie show. However if I were ever greeted by one of those, for their Ego-Sake I hope they have equipment to stand up against the NeMP. GFYS!
19. vendetta - December 30, 2008 6:24 PM
could be worse. they could be robots.
i for one welcome our new light gun toting overlords.
20. Reido - December 30, 2008 7:40 PM
Mass Effect sniper rifle. Not to sound game geek elitist, but that looks like nothing from Halo.
21. Gez - December 30, 2008 10:14 PM
Very clever. But they didn't think of one thing: Those weapons are easily beaten by mirrors. Terrorists already know that and are preparing turbans and tunicas with the fabric of some Beyonce's dresses.
P.s.: Is it me or the "FAKE!!!! This is a complete photoshop job" comments are getting a little bit annoying? Seriously, the first 300 times was funny, but now...
22. marrillion - December 30, 2008 10:15 PM
finally! the resistance gets the goods to do the job. in your face, evil computers that secretly run the world. in your face and down your stinking silicon throats. what Im wanting now is a directional EMP weapon, so that when the giant wall crawling robot comes for me I can F*** IT UP THE ASS.
23. Nick - December 30, 2008 11:03 PM
This stuff can literally FRY YOU ALIVE. Try third-degree burns in a few seconds. NONLETHAL MY ASS.
ABCNEWS: Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'
Dr. Altmann describes the Active Denial beam in some detail, noting that it will not be completely uniform; anyone unlucky enough to be caught in the center will experience more heating than someone at the edge. And perhaps more significant is his thorough analysis of the heating it produces -- and the cumulative effect if the target does not have the chance to cool down between exposures. In U.S. military tests, a fifteen-second delay between exposures was strictly observed; this may not happen when the ADS is used for real.
"As a consequence, the ADS provides the technical possibility to produce burns of second and third degree. Because the beam of diameter 2 m and above is wider than human size, such burns would occur over considerable parts of the body, up to 50% of its surface. Second- and third-degree burns covering more than 20% of the body surface are potentially life-threatening – due to toxic tissue-decay products and increased sensitivity to infection – and require intensive care in a specialized unit. "
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6007823&page=1
24. Nick - December 30, 2008 11:06 PM
"Actually these can kill you. If it is triggered multiple times over a few seconds it cause cause 3rd degree burns on over 50% of the body. Also, word is more than a few soilders were made sterile while handling this thing. To deploy this thing on the public would be criminal."
25. Austin - December 31, 2008 6:59 PM
ALRIGHT
Sonic Rifle? Firefly? Anyone?
http://images.wikia.com/firefly/images/9/9a/Sonic_rifle_simon_ariel.jpg
C'mon, admit it. It's pretty close. And it's the first thing I thought of.
26. Forthwol - January 4, 2009 10:32 AM
Even if it was real a it would do nothing to some one on the move. And micro wave beam that shoots 6ft wide one wrong move with that and you'll be shoot blanks until you get cancer and die.