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11:32 AM (6 hours ago)
Eureka! Microwave Pulse to Stop Car Bombers, Fleeing Felons
Inventorspot reports that a California hi-tech start-up named
Eureka Aerospace is developing a microwave gun to zap an automobile's
Electronic Control Unit (ECU), disabling the car. The prototype's
pulse lasts 50 nanoseconds-- enough to overload wires and/or damage
the car's central microprocessor. The radiation energy unleashed by
the 300 megahertz burst (compared to 2.45 gigahertz in a microwave)
doesn't interfere with common radio frequencies and won't turn a
human's internal organs into goulash. Speaking to TTAC (podcast
below), CEO James Tatoian said the U.S. Marine Corps are helping
sponsor the research in their search for ways to protect themselves
against car bombers. The LA Sheriff's office is also in on the deal,
loaning Eureka vehicles for their ECU frying tests, hoping they can
put "World's Wildest Police Chase Videos" out of business. Tatoian
says his company hopes to have a field tested working gun within two
years. [You can watch a news report on the microwave by clicking on
the avi file
here
.]
10:38 AM (7 hours ago)
Daily Podcast: Auto Show Me the Money
In its unstoppable quest for pistonhead patronage, TTAC is boldly
going where all our competition has gone before: the North American
International Auto Show (a.k.a. The Detroit Auto Show). And when I say
TTAC, I don't mean me. I need to hold down the fort here in my garret,
editing the info as it flies off the show floor. And I don't mean
Justin. Our diurnal podcaster will be the Middle East, for reasons
that I've forgotten but probably having something to do with a falafal
and a Sabra (and I don't mean the defunct Israeli carmaker whose
product is pictured here). I'm sending my four best operatives--
writers being the operative word. Frank Williams, Sajeev Mehta,
William C. Monthgomery and Adrian Imoni will be asking the tough
questions that those pantywaist professional journos always seems to
forget after they've been stuffed like a fatted French duck bound for
a foie gras factory. I sincerely hope we'll be able to inject
a measure of animus into the annual automotive lovefest. If
not, it won't be for lack of trying. If you could give your pistonhead
pals a heads-up as and when, we'd all be most appreciative. And a
special shout-out to Sajeev's travel agent Mum for booking the
tickets. We'll do our best to make you proud Mrs. M, guaranteed.
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