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How to Beat a Taser

If you are not familiar with the effects of an electroshock gun (e.g. Taser), it's pretty easy to find video clips of them in action. For example, a police training video can be seen here.

A consulting firm has created a polyester fabric bonded to a conductor in order short the taser and protect the wearer. Compare the previous video with the one in this story. G2, the company who makes the material, won't be making it available to the public.

G2 sells the material only under nondisclosure agreements to law enforcement agencies and the military. The idea behind the fabric is that it could prevent officers from being hurt by their own weapons...

Still, G2 could spawn imitators, which could create headaches for stun gun manufacturers and police agencies, many of which have said that stun guns reduce the number of incidents in which police officers have to fire bullets.

If that happens, cops might have to go back to lethal force more readily. What an interesting comment on our society - considered so decadent and barbaric by so many in this world - that we should spend so much time and effort trying to put our police officers in a position where they can inflict less suffering. Personally, I just find the Thor Shield fabric fascinating from a techie point of view. But I am sure law enforcement sees it a little differently.