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LED Incapacitator

Physicist Vladimir Rubtsov of Intelligent Optical Systems shows off the DHS-funded LED Incapacitator to interested customers during a recent DHS briefing.

Show Me the Light

(December 2007) Since Snapshots told you about the LED Incapacitator in the article "Enought to Make You Sick", the light has been winning over hearts and minds. In October, Time magazine named it one of the year’s top inventions … one of just two such inventions honored under the category of Law & Order. Then, just last month, DHS law enforcement officers convened in Washington to get their hands on the LED-I and describe for the developers the features, sizes, and controls they’d like to see. Commercial models are expected to hit the streets (and borders) in 2009.

 


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