Re: Evil Internet, Yet Again

[Josh <hawk82 () gmail com>]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think it is because the disposible
cameras have capacitors in them to store a charge for the flash to
work.  The kid probably shorts the wires going to the flash to the
body of the camera or something like that.

Josh

2008/4/3 Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com>:
> How can something with that kind of battery generate 600 volts?
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> Larry Seltzer
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> http://wcbstv.com/topstories/Shocking.Camera.Arrest.2.691020.html
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> Teen Arrested For Modifiying Camera Into 'Taser'CLINTON, Conn. (AP) ― A
> 14-year-old student at Morgan School in Clinton is facing a weapons charge,
> accused of tinkering with a disposable camera to make it capable of zapping
> people with an electrical charge.
>
> Police say the camera, modified according to instructions available on the
> Internet, had been converted into an improvised electronic demobilizing
> device similar to a Taser.
>
> Police say the student never managed to use the device because a teacher
> intervened.
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> School Resource Officer Kyle Strunjo says the makeshift device is
> potentially capable of a 600-volt shock.
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> The 14-year-old student has been charged with possession of a dangerous
> weapon on school grounds, attempted assault and breach of peace.
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