The future of heat-beaming weapons. - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine

I think this is good. More precision, less actual physical damage = less people killed, right? right?

Regardless, it's cool as fuck.

The future of heat-beaming weapons. - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine: "Shooting PainThe future of heat-beaming weapons.
By William Saletan
Posted Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at 6:27 AM ET

If you're worried about terrorism, upset about the war in Iraq, and depressed by global chaos, violence, and death, cheer up. We've just invented a weapon that fires a beam of searing pain.

Three weeks ago, the U.S. armed forces tested it on volunteers at an Air Force base in Georgia. You can watch the video on a military Web site. Three colonels get zapped, along with an Associated Press reporter. The beam is invisible, but its effects are vivid. Two dozen airmen scatter. The AP guy shrieks and bolts out of the target zone. He says it felt like heat all over his body, as though his jacket were on fire."