Posted 10/09/99 12:12pm by Lucy Sherriff
Build your own Klingon disruptor
Fancy building your own Klingon Disruptor? An ex-US Navy engineer has
done just that for the bargain price of $500. The gadget fiend has built a 'gun',
using readily available hardware, that can disable almost any piece of
electronic equipment from 20 feet away.
It consists of a parabolic reflector, a horn antenna and two ignition coils and
is powered by a car battery. When the inventor, David Schriner demonstrated
his new toy at the Infowar 99 conference in Washington DC, it disrupted the
PA system and two nearby PCs, which needed to be reset even after the
'gun' was switched off.
The principle it exploits dates back to Tesla. In essence, the gun shoves a
20 megawatt burst of radio noise through the antenna, which then interferes
with nearby electrical equipment, according to US newswire reports.
Schriner said that the demonstrated was intended as a wake up call to the
electronics industry. He said he wanted to show that even low budget
saboteurs could inflict serious damage. He claims to have built another
machine capable of crashing computers, and cars from a distance of 100
feet. That one cost him less than $300.
Permanent damage is rare, Schriner says, but that is not the point. The
computers at the conference worked after re-booting. "But if that happens to
be a computer in a tank, or in a piece of medical equipment, how long does
it take to reboot?" he asks.
"By that time you could be dead." ®
Marcelo Puhl
mark@plug-in.com.br
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