optimassolutions.co.uk http://www.optimassolutions.co.uk Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:29:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Army Heat wave gun Design http://www.optimassolutions.co.uk/army-heat-wave-gun/ http://www.optimassolutions.co.uk/army-heat-wave-gun/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:29:28 +0000 admin http://www.optimassolutions.co.uk/?p=11 Technically named the Active Denial System, the non-lethal weapon uses a millimeter radio wave beam to zap targets with a signal frequency that’s just hot enough to inflict serious pain, but without causing physical damage. Military researchers have verified this by testing the weapon about 11,000 times, with only two people suffering burn-related injuries. It’s precisely that sweet spot of being a non-lethal yet powerful deterrent that the military has spent the last 15 years and about 150 million dollars developing it.
From the looks of it, the ray works quite well. So why, after a decade and a half, isn’t it quite ready for prime time? Ackerman points out that there are still quite a few problematic issues. Here’s a brief summary of the technical hurdles that’s kept such a useful weapon in the proverbial test garage:
While the millimeter waves only penetrate the skin about 1/64th of an inch, it requires a lot more energy than a microwave.Like laser weapons, the ray’s potency is sensitive to immediate environmental conditions. Rain, snow and dust can severely alter it’s “attenuation.”Firing up the weapon takes upwards of 16 hours (and you thought booting up your computer took a long time). This means the weapon would need to be kept on standby in order to be called into duty at a moment’s notice. This also means, as it now stands, the device is real gas guzzler.
Even so, the non-lethal weapons unit remains committed to the project. And although there are a laundry’s list of challenges, the potential for designing the perfect non-lethal weapon may, in the end, be worth all the trouble.

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  1. Make sure the website is organised and does not look messy
  2. Make sure you match what the person is asking for.
  3. Don’t be afraid to change a few things from the persons specification as it may be beneficial to them

I hope this helped some of you out there.

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