Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
To increase public security, the EU SAVELEC project has demonstrated a prototype device that can stop non-cooperative vehicles, both safely and at distance.
In its endeavour to keep the public safe, one of the key challenges facing European security services is the ability to control and stop, at distance, non-cooperative vehicles posing a threat. However, this ability presents more than a technical challenge. To comply with EU legislation, as well as adhere to ethical concerns, the technology would also have to be safe for the user, the driver (and passengers), as well as members of the public and the material infrastructure of the surrounding environment.
The SAVELEC (Safe control of non cooperative vehicles through electromagnetic means) project developed a prototype device, after testing signals (magnetic pulses and microwave), which interfered with key car components, forcing it to slow down and stop. With the contribution of security forces as the ultimate end users, the researchers were able to simulate the technology's use in realistic scenarios.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Sunday July 31 2016, @03:13PM
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/07/19/1814205 [soylentnews.org]
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/753930266788433920 [twitter.com]
We'll need to put a kill switch in your head next. It's a matter of public safety.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by JNCF on Sunday July 31 2016, @04:33PM
It won't matter if you just cooperate! We obviously need safe control of non-cooperative citizens through electromagnetic means. You don't hate safety, do you? Think of the CHILDREN!
Already, the media talks about putting kill switches on our guns. That should be an easy one to legislate. Good thing we can print guns now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 31 2016, @05:20PM
Think of the CHILDREN!
But not too much, as that also gets you locked up (Mr. Rogers [wikipedia.org] would be registered as a sex offender nowadays).