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From: Marcelo Puhl <mark@plug-in.com.br>
To: interact@Keelynet.com <interact@Keelynet.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 9:33 PM
Subject: Klingon Disruptor !
>
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/990910-000015.html
>
>
> 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 co=
ils
and
>is powered by a car battery. When the inventor, David Schriner demonstra=
ted
>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 shove=
s a
>20 megawatt burst of radio noise through the antenna, which then interfe=
res
>with nearby electrical equipment, according to US newswire reports.
>
>Schriner said that the demonstrated was intended as a wake up call to th=
e
>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 happen=
s
to
>be a computer in a tank, or in a piece of medical equipment, how long do=
es
>it take to reboot?" he asks.
>
> "By that time you could be dead." =AE
>
>
>Marcelo Puhl
>mark@plug-in.com.br
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