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Telegraph.co.uk - 09/01/2008
iTaser: The stun gun with an MP3 music player (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/01/09/ngun109.xml)
By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 1:52pm GMT 09/01/2008
Music fans who spend hours selecting their perfect jogging playlist now face a new dilemma. What track to listen to as you Taser someone?
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A combined stun gun-MP3 player may well be the most bizarre gadget to be unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
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The device's stun gun fires a 50,000-volt electric charge, and can hold 1GB of musicThe device - formally known as the Taser Music Player Holster - has already earned the nickname the iTaser.
The manufacturers hope the gun will be particularly popular among women, and have made it available in available in "red-hot" red, "fashion" pink and even leopardskin print for customers who are as style conscious as they are safety conscious.
"These new product are a result of listening to our customers. Personal protection can be both fashionable and functionable," said Rick Smith, founder of Taser International.
"A lot of women aren't going to go into a gun store and feel comfortable enough buying a Taser, so now we have some outdoor companies and dealers - some cellphone places are starting to carry them and hang them next to phones."
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Mr Smith says he hopes women who are reluctant to take a standard Taser gun out in their handbag will be happier to carry the "iTaser" around with them when they are out of the house.
The device's stun gun fires a 50,000-volt electric charge. But the ampage of the shock the victim receives is as low as 0.00.21 amps, hence its popularity with police forces around the world as a non-lethal incapacitation tool.
The built-in MP3 player can store 1GB of songs.
Around 7,000 of the designer C2 Tasers have already been sold in the US, according to reports.
It is illegal for members of the public to fire stun guns in Britain, although they are used by many police forces to detain aggressive suspects.
Amnesty International claims the guns have been linked to more than 70 deaths in the US, although the American authorities do not consider Tasers to be firearms.
Telegraph.co.uk - 09/01/2008
iTaser: The stun gun with an MP3 music player (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/01/09/ngun109.xml)
By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 1:52pm GMT 09/01/2008
Music fans who spend hours selecting their perfect jogging playlist now face a new dilemma. What track to listen to as you Taser someone?
TechNotes: Latest from the Consumer Electronics Show (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technotes)
A combined stun gun-MP3 player may well be the most bizarre gadget to be unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/graphics/2008/01/09/utaser.jpg
The device's stun gun fires a 50,000-volt electric charge, and can hold 1GB of musicThe device - formally known as the Taser Music Player Holster - has already earned the nickname the iTaser.
The manufacturers hope the gun will be particularly popular among women, and have made it available in available in "red-hot" red, "fashion" pink and even leopardskin print for customers who are as style conscious as they are safety conscious.
"These new product are a result of listening to our customers. Personal protection can be both fashionable and functionable," said Rick Smith, founder of Taser International.
"A lot of women aren't going to go into a gun store and feel comfortable enough buying a Taser, so now we have some outdoor companies and dealers - some cellphone places are starting to carry them and hang them next to phones."
http://www.nfh.org.uk/forums/
Mr Smith says he hopes women who are reluctant to take a standard Taser gun out in their handbag will be happier to carry the "iTaser" around with them when they are out of the house.
The device's stun gun fires a 50,000-volt electric charge. But the ampage of the shock the victim receives is as low as 0.00.21 amps, hence its popularity with police forces around the world as a non-lethal incapacitation tool.
The built-in MP3 player can store 1GB of songs.
Around 7,000 of the designer C2 Tasers have already been sold in the US, according to reports.
It is illegal for members of the public to fire stun guns in Britain, although they are used by many police forces to detain aggressive suspects.
Amnesty International claims the guns have been linked to more than 70 deaths in the US, although the American authorities do not consider Tasers to be firearms.