Planning your next riot? Don't forget your slicker

[Hound]

http://www.newscientist.com/blog/invention/2006/05/riot-slimer.html


Tuesday, May 2, 2006, New Scientist Blogs

Rioters could soon be in for a slippery surprise. Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, US,
are working on a new non-lethal weapon that could quite literally bring them to their knees – by sliming them.

The institute has developed a super-slimy substance. When fired at an unruly mob it causes rioters to simply slip over.

Riot police or troops would wear a back pack with three cylinders – one containing compressed air, another filled with plain
water and a third containing a supply of very dry, finely ground, polyacrylamide powder. A nozzle, resembling a shower head,
would blasts two separate jets, containing the water and the polymer powder, in the general direction of an ugly crowd.

As the two jets mix in the air, after clearing the nozzle, they create a slimy mixture that covers the ground and causes
everyone in the area to fall down. Even vehicles should be unable to get a grip on the goo, the patent says. And because the
gel is non-toxic, it should cause no permanent harm, besides a few bruised bottoms, that is.

Full patent: http://tinyurl.com/jpqem

[10sun]

until someone gets it in their airways.

[Sorina S]

Yeah, I think our tax dollars are better spent on the tactical advantages of



Silly String...shit works for Spiderman, it's a no brainer for law enforcement.

[10sun]

seriously, some high grade silly string would work better.

[Phlegm]

a super-slimy substance.

For some reason, this make me think of Ghostbusters.

[Jimmy Durante]

I don't know!

[leah]

The institute has developed a super-slimy substance. When fired at an unruly mob it causes rioters to simply slip over.

Riot police or troops would wear a back pack with three cylinders – one containing compressed air, another filled with plain
water and a third containing a supply of very dry, finely ground, polyacrylamide powder. A nozzle, resembling a shower head,
would blasts two separate jets, containing the water and the polymer powder, in the general direction of an ugly crowd.

all of that instantly made me think ghostbusters too hehe

[Sorina S]

The disadvantage of the 'super slimy substance' is that it either gets swollowed or dries up when exposed to air. Silly string will never let you down...



'Another terrorists rendered harmless by the use of silly string'

[Eziekial]

How do you round up these people once they are covered with slime? What's wrong with tear gas and rubber bullets?

[Minrott]

What's wrong with german shepherds?

[Markarado]

They bite!

[Minrott]

...

[Markarado]

My first ever words were "Jack bites." There was a german shepherd that lived across the street. My father would always tell me not to go across the street because Jack bites!

[Minrott]

That's the idea

[Phlegm]

Just shoot them with real bullets and see how fast the rioters will disband.