The thing about microwaves is that they heat you up all the way through, assuming you're not too large... A microwave device large enough to heat a crowd would surely need a hefty power source. If it worked, it had the power, it would cause sterility and interfere with mobile phones, both of which are illegal. A burning skin thing sounds like infrared, maybe. As someone who likes the occasional riot, I'll have to think of a countermeasure... Bring back Maggie Thatcher, them were the days. My favourite image from a demonstration is a large empty thoroughfare with a solid row of Police at the far end, linked arms with their shields up. There's a canister of tear gas in the foreground spewing forth its contents. The only person in the area is a protester. He's wearing roller-blades, gloves and a gas mask. He is shown with his ice-hockey stick, lining up a shot to return the tear-gas to its rightful owners. A wonderful picture. Rgds, David
I know that there's a laser they've developed which heats about a square inch of whatever surface it hits (to a depth of less than a millimetre) to the point where it dissolves into a plasma. The sudden expansion is enough to knock a human off their feet. They're thinking of using it to replace high-pressure water hoses as there's less risk of internal injury, and it looks more impressive.
I read that there was one laserwhich converted it into plasma then the other "egnited" the plasma.Don't know. BUt teh gap between teh two beams was obvisouly incredibly small.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2001/010302-npr.htm David - Good point about sterility and mobile phones... I'm working on an idea based in a big-brother police state, so the illegal part doesn't count, as long as it works! I've been a bit of an activist in my past as well. I was recently in Geneva (managed to work in the UN for four days) at the same time as the G8 riots. I was right in the thick of it, taking photos, but decided to get out once the police charges and teargas started. Still, I've got some good shots.
NZric, We might have more in common than previously thought. I filmed a documentary and was part of the Sydney S11 Coalition which travelled to Melbournes Crown Casino to protest the W.E.F World Economic Forum in 2000. I marched with the CFMEU on the first day and have killer footage of the WEF Buses (Filled with the worlds rich) trying to find ways into the Casino that were constantly cut off by protesters. Along the way I interviewed Bob Brown at Parliament House in Canberra and shot (Got him on the day at ground zero too) and marched on the Crown during the three days where people were trampled and run over by Police cars and horses... I too am a writer in my spare time and very much in the vein of thought as the Baudrillards and Hakim Beys of this world. The book Fight Club by Pahlaniuk wasn't just a novel for me, but along with other such writers such as J.G Ballard, and his work "Crash", I found a deep personal connection in regards to a whole social/semiotic attitude whose entire raison d'etre was underpinned by a state of personal anomie. The rabbit hole is deep on this one my friend... I've been a subversive for eons. Re- Training. I haven't trained with A since we all last met up. Chrissy has caught up with us all and I'm suffering a bit of knee strain right now due to over training I believe. E-mail me your plans over Chrissy and New Years cause I'm keen to train again soon. Best, Syd
