tasers

Thor Shield Taser-Proof Vest Coming to Protect Your Torso from the Man

You’ve seen the patent, and now it’s becoming a reality: yes, taser-proof vests are coming. The “Thor Shield” was designed for police officers but sure to be more popular amongst protesters and other people who piss off police officers. It uses a layer of foil in the vest to draw the current of the taser,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Oct 21

Taser Found Liable in Wrongful Death Suit, Bad News for Taser

Taser International, the company behind the new delightful trend in law enforcement where using verbal communication is deemed too time-consuming and replaced with a extremely painful jolt from their patented electro-weapons, was just dealt a stinging blow in court. After winning 45 wrongful death or injury lawsuits, it just lost a $6 million wrongful death…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jun 10

Update

I found another angle on that office worker rampage, this one in color and with sound taken from a co-worker’s cellphone. Apparently, it happened in Russia, and homeboy gets tazed at the end. Holy macaroni. https://gizmodo.com/security-cam-footage-of-cubicle-rage-to-the-extreme-is-5012983

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jun 4

Policeman Tases Guy, Sets His Pants on Fire

Ok, we know bad things can happen when the general public use tasers, but cops tasing a guy and setting him on fire? No… really? Apparently the 31-year-old in question was causing a disturbance in an apartment in Hamilton, Ontario, recently, and three police officers attended. Whatever happened after that, the police ended up firing…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 23

Guy Who Uses Stun Gun on Son to Toughen Him Up Jailed, Unsurprisingly

The father of an 18-month-old child is off to jail for four years after being found guilty of using a stun gun on the boy. His reason for using the 100,000-volt Dragonfire, which resulted in muscle damage to the kid’s heart, was because he wanted his son to be “the toughest cage fighter ever.” Yeah,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jan 30

Cop Tases Pregnant Woman for Trying to Leave Police Station

As tasers turn into must-have gadgets for self-defense and police officers alike, dubious tasings have apparently also gone epidemic, making taser-proof clothing a must for any activist’s, driver’s or breathing human’s Christmas list. Today’s exhibit: A woman walks into a police station, wants to give up her one-year-old, then tries to leave. Guess what happens?…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 29

Women Ditching Tupperware Parties for Taser Parties?

Local 6, who brought us the Spider-Man pepper spray bracelet, today is all over the trend of women dumping Tupperware parties for Taser parties—there’s still wine and cheese, but they’re groping “light, stylish” metallic pink Tasers which are a “must for any modern woman” instead of boring kitchenware. https://gizmodo.com/spider-man-pepper-spray-bracelet-looks-like-a-toy-317989 While we’ve questioned the need for…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 13

Make a “Fun” Stun Gun for Under 10 Bucks

Click to view I found the skull-poundingly monotonous drum beat combined with a complete lack of voiceover and “oh my, you’re dumb, home viewer” finger-pointing a teensy bit annoying. But! It’s super easy to follow and it looks simple enough to build your own ghetto stun gun, so much so that I might whip my…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Oct 5

Tasers: More Dangerous Than We Thought?

CrunchGear did an investigation into the safety of tasers, and what they discovered is a bit troubling. Despite the fact that Taser International just loves zapping reporters to get themselves on the news, they also sue the pants off of anyone who does studies on the safety of their devices and gets results they don’t…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Mar 7

Thor Shield Taser-Proof Vest Coming to Protect Your Torso from the Man

Taser Found Liable in Wrongful Death Suit, Bad News for Taser

Update

Policeman Tases Guy, Sets His Pants on Fire

Guy Who Uses Stun Gun on Son to Toughen Him Up Jailed, Unsurprisingly

Cop Tases Pregnant Woman for Trying to Leave Police Station

Women Ditching Tupperware Parties for Taser Parties?

Make a “Fun” Stun Gun for Under 10 Bucks

Tasers: More Dangerous Than We Thought?

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