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I love the idea of generating two parallel beams and leveraging the conductivity of plasma as a sort of "wireless" taser. It's likely not feasible (I'm guessing
by aaron-santos 10y ago
I love the idea of generating two parallel beams and leveraging the conductivity of plasma as a sort of "wireless" taser. It's likely not feasible (I'm guessing someone has tried it), and it would be interesting to know why.
- street 10y agoI suspect being hit by the beams might harm the victim, with the electricity just being a bonus. I doubt the laser generators are cheap and portable as well.
- rdtsc 10y agoIt has an EMP potential to fry electronics probably.
- kragen 10y agoIt's called an "electrolaser": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser. There are reports that they work in practice, but not yet well enough for use. I don't know why.
- dmitrygr 10y agoThe laser power might kill the victim, but using this for actually sending electricity might work. Might be a good replacement for high power lines in some cases.