Hardware hackers open source Homeland Security

Do-it-yourself Handheld LED-Based Incapacitator: THE BEDAZZLER. Hardware hacker extraordinaires Ladyada (Adafruit Industries) and Phil Torrone (MAKE magazine) have just published an open source "Homeland Security" project, a non-lethal LED-Based Incapacitator: THE BEDAZZLER. After attending a conference where the $1million "sea-sick flashlight" (THE DAZZLER) was demoed by Homeland Security, the duo decided to created an under $250 version and recently released the source code, schematics and PCB files.

http://ladyada.net/make/bedazzler

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[TerryRoot92]

Ze goggles! Ze do nothing!

[TheCharleycat]

lol where can i get one for a rave? awesome

[donyunger]

I really doubt anyone hear can say for certain the original doesn't work as advertised. In the event is does work as advertized, the big bucks come in to find out what sequences would make it work. No doubt at the time many where bellyaching how much it cost to develop the internet. I would go as far as saying the original, and even Limor's version are harmless. Bound to be good chances they would trigger seizures in some people.

[labobo]

aherm...the research is the thing that costs

but yeah it's over-priced the the government doesn't care since its your money not theirs ;)

anyway the only thing that over powered flash light will ever do is burn out your eyes, or at least damage them

lol the government such suckers ;D

[linagee]

"We could probably make that for under a million dollars" <--- LOL

[riothero313]

@letspartie LOL, how is that stupid. The entire idea is to make you close your eyes or look away so you are not able to continue doing whatever illegal act you are currently doing. Once your eyes are closed you get slammed to the ground and cuffed. I'd say that is it working perfectly as designed. I have a 900 lumen led flashlight with strobe mode and trust me you can't even look near someone holding it. All you see is white light followed by flash blindness spots and this thing is stronger.

[hitachi088]

just take an old hand-flash for a camera ( an electric one ) and Flash people right in the face with it .

blind for at least 5min , you can be sure !

[akulabite]

ITS MADE FOR A RAVE! hahah

[th3dig1tal0n3]

Way too complicated and expensive. Single H shaped 10kW strobe light is way more powerful than it.

[henik9]

Only the govt could spend a mil on a flashlight.

[phillebeau]

wtf

[telesniper2]

wow you "invented" a strobe light. Big accomplishment.