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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou 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
8 track mind
(1,638 posts)Why didn't i think of this. The carbon fiber acts as a dissipating resistor. Brilliant!
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)The police state must not be thwarted.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Does that carbon shit stop lead?
sibelian
(7,804 posts)Stupid question!