Build Your Own Stun Gun

mariox19 writes "Wondering what to do with your disposable camera when you're finished with it? TechTV has an article describing how to reach out and zap someone with a home-made stun gun. I discovered the link via Bruce Schneier's latest Cryptogram, where Schneier half-jokingly warns not to let airport security find out about this, lest (in their 'wisdom') they ban cameras along with nail clippers."

Stun Gun in a Camera...

[whiteranger99x]

And the best part is that you could zap them and capture the moment. Now there's a Kodak moment!!

Hmmm

[MikeXpop]

...Schneier half-jokingly warns not to let airport security find out about this, lest (in their 'wisdom') they ban cameras along with nail clippers

The first rule of Homemade-stun-gun Club is...

Way back...

[grub]

In junior high electronic shop class (~1978-79) we'd charge a capacitor up, say "Hey $NAME.." and toss it to the person. Force of habit dictated the person would usually catch it and get a nice suprise.

Great..

[Anonymous Coward]

all we need now is a follow up article about all the people who killed themselves while making their own stun gun.

Re:Way back...

[General Sherman]

I did the same thing, only even more low-tech. We'd take a styrofoam cup covered in tin foil, charge it with static electricity from a van de graf generator, and toss it to the person.

The trick was not to touch the metal and keep it in another non-covered cup.

Where's the love?

[sn0wman3030]

Did anyone else notice that the URL is http://www.techtv.com/unscrewed/IHATEYOU/story/0,2 4682,3653392,00.html ?

I can see the FARK now

[gravyfaucet]

"Bully breaks student's camera, low voltage hilarity ensues."

fa

[Anonymous Coward]

We're building one RIGHT NOW. I'll post pictures later.

Re:Where's the love?

[Anonymous Coward]

See!

There is a direct connection between resentiment and weapons

Slashdotting airport security

[thepixelchef]

Posting it on Slashdot ought to keep it a secret!

er, wait...

--Ben
pixelchef.net [pixelchef.net]

Re:Could they get banned at airports?

[hypergreatthing]

They should just start banning passengers. If there's no passengers, there's no threat, right?

Re:Way back...

[Anonymous Coward]

Speak up, sonny. Us 38 year olds can't hear too well, what with your rap music and carousing...

No...don't...just don't......

[Beebos]

Do the universe a favor and do not build your own stun gun. The little sisters and pet dogs of the world will thank you.

Re:Awe Man!

[John Hasler]

Doesn't everyone getting on an airplane these days have to strip naked, undergo a body-cavity search, and don shackles and an orange jumpsuit with PASSENGER stenciled on the back?

Actually, if you can have any kind of discharge...

[quonsar]

...you should see a doctor ASAP.

Re:Way back...

[nomadic]

I did the same thing, only even more low-tech. We'd take a styrofoam cup covered in tin foil, charge it with static electricity from a van de graf generator, and toss it to the person.

We had it even simpler in NYC public school. We'd shout someone's name, and when they turned around we'd shoot them. Good times.

Man....

[ziggy_zero]

...my dad did this when he was a teenager. For some reason he never taught me how.

Anyway, what I did when I was a teenager was wire up an old shocking pen with two wires, attached it to a telescoping antenna, and made a prong at the end out of a binder clip and two paper clips. I went around pronging everybody.

Re:Wow

[Sabalon]

Now all you people know why Radio Shack used to ask for your name, address and phone number. It's part of a government coverup to track capaciter sales.

Re:Way back...

[jjeffries]

back in my way, we didn't have fancy-schmancy van de graf generators... we had to run a strip of rawhide through our own hair when we needed electricity... and we liked it! and when we wore through all our head hair, we'd rub it on our... well, nevermind, but we liked it!

Re:capcaitors aren't full...

[drinkypoo]

I have a great idea! Polyester slacks plus two wire grids in them, hooked up to a charging system for a bunch of caps in your belt. Power anything! I'll make a mint!

No electricals on the testicles, please

[voiceofthewhirlwind]

And the best part is that you could zap them and capture the moment.

If you added bluetooth to the mix, you could download the image to your desktop instantly so it it becomes your next screensaver or desktop background. I'm sure the Abu Ghraib guys will love to hear their whole interrogation pipeline can be reduced to a single step.

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pr0n book

[zogger]

my dad had one he built way back in ww2 when he was a radar tech, it was hilarious and he burned me with it good when I got older. It was a book with a hot babe on the cover, he'd hand it to you and say "check it out, hot babes" and etc. Well, any righteous red-blooded dude out there is gonna lose any amount of normal smarts he has and quick open it up.... ZAPPPP you'd get a good one.... man you felt stoopid then... HAHAHAHAHAH!

wonder if he still has that thing.....

Re:Not only old, but...

[Drooling Iguana]

Of course. After all, they had to take apart their camera to make the thing.

Re:This is dangerous

[jafiwam]

I touched a flux capacitor and haven't been the same since 1955.

Re:Wow

[some guy I know]

the capacitors in a CRT monitor contain more than enough juice to kill a man.

This is why CRTs should be repaired by women.

Re:Stun Gun in a Camera...

[sjwaste]

Yep. Don't worry that you took the flash out to make this thing, the person you're lighting up will provide plenty of light. :)

Re:I can see the FARK now

[Anonymous Coward]

I submitted it with a funnier headline.

Re:Could they get banned at airports?

[Anonymous Coward]

We are no longer passengers. The correct term is self loading cargo.

Re:Wow

[Dever]

"When I woke up I had a quite upset TA asking me if I was OK, turns out I was unconscious for almost three minutes and he was starting to get quite worried."

any true geek would go get a cup of coffee and check on you in 10 minutes. 3 minutes?! what a baby...

if you were still unconscious, that would be the appropriate time to submit an Ask Slashdot