The LED (Light Emitting Diode) Incapacitator has been devised by Californian research and design company Intelligent Optical Systems, with funding from the US Department of Homeland Security.

The use of tasers and other non-lethal weapons by law enforcement officers has proven highly controversial and come under intense scrutiny. Now, a Torrance, Calif. company is producing a device it ...

The LED Incapacitator uses a range-finder to measure the distance to a target's eyes and then unleashes continually changing, multi-color light pulses that both blind and disorient the person.

Can so-called "flashlight" weapons really make you vomit? Or send you into an epileptic fit? I have a feature in New Scientist on non-lethal strobe devices — new arms, relying on flashing lights ...

Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., of Torrance, Calif., has been granted a contract by the Department of Homeland Security to develop what it calls the "LED Incapacitator," according to a DHS ...

Touted as a nonlethal device to subdue suspects or control crowds, the LED Incapacitator looks like a traditional flashlight, but it can disorient a bad guy and cause temporary ...

Five actual weapons the U.S. military has designed or considered recently (and may still be considering): * The "LED Incapacitator," which makes its targets throw up * A "Gay Bomb" * A chemical ...

It looks like a flashlight, but it works like a plate of bad fish, a cup of curdled milk or a boat ride on a pitching sea. The LED Incapacitator makes you want to throw up. If plans proceed on ...