Government Technology News, March, 2001 issue, Page 10 reported as follows:
Lakeside, California -- The days of shooting bad guys with lasers may not be that far off. A San Diego-based research company, HSV Technologies Inc, <www.hsvt.org> is working on a nonlethal laser that immobilizes a person by causing the skeletal muscles to lock up. The weapon, known as either the "Non-Lethal Tetanizing Beam Weapon" or the "Anti-Personnel Beam Weapon", uses UV radiation to create a path in the air that allows an electrical current to be conducted to the target. The current is a replica of the neuro-electric impulses that control skeletal muscles and, essentially, jacks up the normal twitches of the muscles to a rate that tetanizes, or freezes, the muscle tissue into a single, sustained contraction. Currently, the weapon is the size of a suitcase, although the company expects advances in laser technology to reduce the size to something that would fit in a person's hand within two years, said Eric Herr, vice president of HSV. The effects of the device last only a few seconds, and the effective range of the weapon is approximately 100 meters, Herr said. As promising as this weapon sounds, Herr said the company's patent on a nonlethal, engine-disabling weapon using similar technology is what has law enforcement officials excited. How it changed my life:Info taken from www.abovetopsecret.com You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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