electropulse

The car-stopping electropulse blaster, even if it works, would seem to fall under the heading of a solution in search of a problem.

The Register 2010

Eureka, which has been working on electropulse blasters since it was founded in 2001, hasn't done terribly well thus far.

The Register 2010

An old friend familiar to every tech buff and sci-fi fan - namely, the circuitry-addling electropulse blaster - has moved a large step closer to reality, according to reports.

Signs of the Times 2010

And a .50 slug, unlike an electropulse blast, works on an engine without microprocessor controls - or one whose electronics modules have been wrapped in tinfoil, say.

Signs of the Times 2010

An old friend familiar to every tech buff and sci-fi fan - namely, the circuitry-addling electropulse blaster - has moved a large step closer to reality, according to reports.

The Register 2010

Eureka, which has been working on electropulse blasters since it was founded in 2001, hasn't done terribly well thus far.

Signs of the Times 2010

And a .50 slug, unlike an electropulse blast, works on an engine without microprocessor controls - or one whose electronics modules have been wrapped in tinfoil, say.

The Register 2010

Raytheon's gallium-nitride tech could help out here, potentially putting a multifunction pain-blaster / electropulse electronic weapon / perv scanner / mantracker radar device in the hands of US grunts on the ground.

The Register 2009

An electropulse weapon also means serious problems for communications, sensors and so on while working, meaning that on the whole it needs to be riding in something fairly autonomous, having little to do with the outside world.

The Register 2009

For around 40 years, the electropulse bomb - or possibly a high-powered microwave raygun - has been just a few years away.

The Register 2009