Obscure Research Blog August Archive

Vomit Inducing Flashlight AKA LED Incapacitator

In the [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. sbir. dhs. gov/ SBIRAwardsExcel. asp?SortField=Proposal%20ID%20Number&SolicitationID=3&Phase=1, anchor: 6/1/05 - 12/15/05] time frame Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., was granted INNOVATIVE LESS-LETHAL DEVICES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AKA "LED Incapacitator" or "LEDI", by the [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. sbir. dhs. gov/ , anchor: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)] of the [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. sbir. dhs. gov/ , anchor: Department of Homeland Security] . This has made the mainstream news as "Vomit Inducing Flashlight".

This is the [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. sbir. dhs. gov/ , anchor: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)] [404 Check: was link to https:/ / www. sbir. dhs. gov/ AbstractAwards. asp?SolicitationID=3&Phase=2, anchor: data base entry] for the device:

Proposal Title:

Less-Lethal Eye Safe Handheld LED-Based Incapacitator for Law Enforcement

Topic Number:

H-SB05.1-005

Proposal ID:

0512003

Topic Title:

INNOVATIVE LESS-LETHAL DEVICES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

Abstract:

In Phase I, Intelligent Optical Systems (IOS) developed and demonstrated a hand-held, battery operated prototype nonlethal weapon that utilizes an array of super-bright light emitting diodes (LEDs) to produce flashing light that causes disorientation and flashblindness in the target subject(s). To enhance the effectiveness of the LED-based Incapacitator (LEDI), IOS incorporated and evaluated such supplementary features as multiple colors, random and periodically changing frequencies and intensities of light, an embedded flashlight, a multidirectional strobe, and an ultrasonic rangefinder, which provides eye-safe operation. IOS also outlined, by establishing the preliminary calculations for narrow beam forming optics and a powerful die cluster on a single substrate, the development of a device that will operate at power levels close to the eye-damage threshold, yet in hand-held format. In Phase II, IOS will develop and fabricate a LEDI, and tests will be performed on human subjects. The final Phase II LEDI prototype will operate at the eye-damage threshold at distances up to 21-25 feet, and produce strong flashblindness with afterimages at distances up to 50 feet. The LEDI is intended to serve as a complementary supportive weapon for the nonlethal Tazer and other more lethal equipment of military and security personnel

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See if you can find the movie "Looker" to see where this is all heading.

Credit to Keelynet for this original mention of this device.