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Testing the Sonic Blaster "Vomit Gun"
Yes, there is a sonic blaster gun that will make you want to puke your guts out, and now there's a first-person account of what it feels like. It's all thanks to those kids over at Danger Room, who just can't get enough of being shot with futuristic nonlethal weapons. Sharon Weinberger reports that she was hanging out in Israel and ran into the guy who developed the so-called puke ray. She took it for a spin, and says it was worse than the "pain ray" that burns the top layer of your skin off. Read her account to get the pukey details. [Danger Room]
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Since late last year, the Japanese military has been working on projects aimed at "realizing" Gundam, the mobile armor suit that is both combat exoskeleton and A.I. in several popular anime and manga series. Just yesterday, the Defense Ministry of Techinical Research and Development Institute in Japan rolled out these new tanks, whose high-tech specs don't make it sentient armor exactly but certainly fit the bill of "smart tank." Want to see a strangely incongruous image of one of these tanks crunching its way out of a festive-looking tent in the suburbs?
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