Inventor Develops INeuroscrambler' for Nonlethal Attacks.

AuthorHarper, Jon

A Tennessee-based technology developer is trying to sell the U.S. military and law enforcement agencies an electro-muscular incapacitation system designed to subdue its targets without killing them.

The third-generation prototype of the StunStick device, which inventor Fred Pearson describes as a nonlethal "neuroscrambler," was built to deliver a powerful electric shock to those on the receiving end.

"It uses state-of-the-art pulse wave technology to basically plug into a person's central nervous system [and] override the signals that go from its brain to muscles," he said during a presentation at the National Defense Industrial Association's Armament Systems Forum in Indianapolis.

The 50,000-volt jolt can turn the targeted individual "into a quivering mass of jelly on the floor, if that's what you want," he added.

The dual-use weapon--which looks somewhat like a billy club when extended--"bridges the gap" between a baton and a Taser, Pearson said. A Stun-Stick operator could use it as a blunt force weapon, or use the electric shock feature to zap an adversary, he noted. "You have to be within a half an inch of it and ... [the stun feature] will light you up," he added.

The electric shock can penetrate up to two inches of soft body armor, he said.

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