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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 07:34 PM Mar 2014

You can't tase me bro. Make taser-proof clothing with carbon-fiber linings.

On Hackaday, Shenzhen demonstrates some proof-of-concept "taser-proof clothing" created by adding carbon fiber to the clothes' lining. The carbon fiber textile can be procured in a variety of forms, including upholstery fabric (58" wide, $19.50/yard) and peel-and-stick 50cm tape rolls.

Shenzhen claims this will work even if the taser's prongs get to the wearer's body: "Electric current flows through the carbon tape and not through the human body. Always. Even if the taser's needle pierced the skin."

http://boingboing.net/2014/03/06/make-taser-proof-clothing-with.html?fb_action_ids=252636128240954&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B741166229235909%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

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You can't tase me bro. Make taser-proof clothing with carbon-fiber linings. (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 OP
Damn.... 8 track mind Mar 2014 #1
Have no fear. It will soon be illegal. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #2
then they'll just shoot you for resisting NightWatcher Mar 2014 #3
I wonder if they'll try and ban it? sibelian Mar 2014 #4
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