TB Tech Corner

There's a request we hear all the time, "Matt and Sean, I know the Department of Homeland Security spent tons of money creating a million dollar puke ray. Is there anyway I could build a vomit causing flashlight for under $300 dollars and also make sure it has an alternate setting so I can use it as a disco light?"

Yes, yes you can.

Meet the Bedazzler, the world's first open source Homeland Security non-lethal weapon project. For $250 and using a flashlight, three-dollar LEDs, a nine-volt battery, and a PC heat sink, you too can cause temporary blindness as well as vertigo, nausea, and disorientation.

How dies this all work? According to the DHS weapon creators Bob Lieberman and Vladimir Rubtsov

“There’s one wavelength that gets everybody,” says Lieberman. “Vlad calls it the evil color.”

So if you were looking for an amusing party trick or a new weapon for the post-apocalyptic world where guns and ammo will be at a premium, we we suggest the Bedazzler, the puke gun one, not the "rhinestone on your jacket" one. We can only hope that soon, someone will have made progress on the brown note so someone can make an iPhone app out of it.