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http//news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7750000/7750010.stm

 
Posted : 28/11/2008 3:18 pm
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http//news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7750000/7750010.stm

With all due respect, not really "new", they are known to be around before 2000
http//www.theregister.co.uk/2000/11/30/guns_disguised_as_mobile_phones/
http//cellular.co.za/phones/gunphone/gun-phone.htm
http//cellphonesafety.wordpress.com/category/cell-gun/
http//findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_/ai_n14537447
http//www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,582296,00.html
http//www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040202-581402,00.html
http//www.iacsp.com/deadly-decoys.html

This should be the "original" video
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxIjkBVEtyE

On FOX news
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl1xP9FT1ZY

(though I could not find trace of the often cited article by Lucrezia Cuen on abcnews.com, it seems that first report is the one on The Register by Kieren McCarthy)

There are also around (though not as lethal) "Taser" or "Stungun" cellphones
http//orangecountyshields.tripod.com/id15.html

jaclaz

 
Posted : 28/11/2008 10:07 pm
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