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Planning your next riot? Don't forget your slicker

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:24 pm
by 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

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:38 pm
by 10sun
until someone gets it in their airways.

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:56 pm
by Sorina S
Yeah, I think our tax dollars are better spent on the tactical advantages of

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

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:03 pm
by 10sun
seriously, some high grade silly string would work better.

Re: Planning your next riot? Don't forget your slicker

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:05 pm
by Phlegm
Hound wrote: a super-slimy substance.


For some reason, this make me think of Ghostbusters.

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:09 pm
by Jimmy Durante

Re: Planning your next riot? Don't forget your slicker

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:43 pm
by leah
Hound wrote: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

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 6:53 pm
by 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...


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

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:23 am
by Eziekial
How do you round up these people once they are covered with slime? What's wrong with tear gas and rubber bullets?

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 7:18 am
by Minrott
What's wrong with german shepherds?

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 7:19 am
by Markarado
They bite!

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 7:23 am
by Minrott
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 7:26 am
by 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!

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 7:27 am
by Minrott
That's the idea

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 10:46 am
by Phlegm
Just shoot them with real bullets and see how fast the rioters will disband.