Re: OT - US military unveils heat-ray gun

On 26 Jan 2007 08:07:03 -0800, "thomsona@xxxxxxxxx"
<thomsona@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jan 26, 12:38 am, Pat Flannery <flan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Upside: Yes, getting a high intensity microwave beam hitting you body
from the front that's tuned to the molecular excitement frequency of
water, causing your exterior to heat for a split second to around 130
degrees F. will indeed cause great pain and cause you to be immobilized
in no time flat inside of a split second.

The thing I wonder about is what happens if the beam is kept trained on
someone for longer than a split second. Is the transmitter pulsed so
that the very thin layer of epidermis that's heated has time to cool
down between pulses?

....The key here is why 130F is the target temp. At 130F, the body
starts doing all sorts of odd things that it shouldn't be doing in
reaction to the heat. Those who've worked Failure Analysis have also
worked in ovens, and have been told specifically that if they enter
the chamber for any period of time above 130F, the odds increase
exponentially by the minute that their body will try to shut down due
to overheating, and since the entire body is being subjected to said
heat, if they hit the ground the burn reflex won't return them to
coherency and/or awareness and autonomically force them to get the
hell out of there. The Aaaarmy "Maser" aims for a point no larger than
a quarter, which is why the odds of a fatal injury is almost nil. In
fact, if current theories hold, the only time you will probably see
any visible "damage" is if you zap a fat terrorist in the gut; the
heat will "melt" his fat cells, and they'll be carried off by the
renal and lymphatic systems. A similar technique is being experimented
with - and has some very strong success signs - involving removal of
lipofusin deposits and blockages in arterial structures, and some
spinoff work has shown it holds high promise for becoming a safer
alternative to liposuction.

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