The shock bullet

One of the many amazing machines that interest me is a electric shot gun shell.This bullet is a shotgun slug replace lead with electronics to deliver a nasty but non-lethal jolt. The electric shotgun shell has a electric shock power that temporarily paralize a person within 20 seconds.

Most users of the shock bullet("XREP" extended Range Electronic Projectile) are Law enforcers that are in the line of duty. Everytime a cop patrol spot a mugging in a side of a town, the "XREP" comes in handy. When chasing a crook in the alley and trying to get away, a cop can shoot him at a maximum range of 100 ft with the innovative electric shock shotgun shell.

Unlike the average air taser, the XREP demonsrate safer and has farther range of penetration. It is impossible for a suspect to get away. It includes that a crook cannot harm the cops in some cases when a crook tried to retaliate because of the XREP's range.

The biggest challenge that this bullet acheive was minituration. The Taser contain high capacity of 50,000 volts which is good enough to penetrate a cloth. In the other hand, XREP only consumed 500 volts to allow smaller circuity.Instead of arcing the current, it sends it directly into the body via barbed electrodes that pierce the skin.Based on the lead engineer Mark Hanchett, "the key isn't so much about the voltage but the waveform". The current shaped to mimic electrical signals in the body and jams the body.

Shock Bullet TASER XREP WIRELESS ROUND
Size: 12 gauge
Weight: 25 grams
Speed: 270 ft. per second
Range: 100 ft.
Current: 1.3 milliamps
Get it:When you get your badge—the XREP is for law enforcement only.


Design Highlights on the Electronic Shotgun Slug:
Nose: On impact, four electrified barbs on the nose of the projectile hook into the skin, delivering a small, localized shock across a six-inch area. This is merely a prelude to the bigger shock that will soon follow. The force of the impact breaks a series of pins that allow the projectile’s chassis to separate from the nose and dangle downward from a live copper wire.

Barbs: If the assailant fails to grab the wire to complete the circuit, six longer barbs on the projectile can also penetrate the skin. With the plastic sheathing removed on impact, the half-inch electrodes—called “chollas,” after a fierce cactus plant native to Arizona’s Sonoran Desert—pop out like spikes and swing into the body.

Hand Trap: The assailant’s natural instinct is to grab the dangling wire and rip out the barbs, but the wire is pulsing with current—touching it allows electricity to flow from the first set of electrodes in the nose of the projectile to the assailant’s hand, which contracts from the shock and squeezes tight around the wire so he can’t let go. Electricity now freely flows through his body, causing about 20 seconds of paralysis.

Fins: When the slug leaves the shotgun, three fins deploy from its tail, helping the projectile stay on track as it sails up to 100 feet toward its target.

Transformer: This converts energy from the battery to discharge 1.3 milliamps of current for 20 seconds. The power is relatively weak; in comparison, a wall outlet delivers about 20 amps. More important is the way the current propagates and interacts with electrical signals in the body. “If you get the waveform right, you can overwhelm the nervous system,” says Taser engineer Mark Hanchett.

Microprocessor: Once the circuit is complete, an onboard computer commands the voltage capacitor to fire, modulating the intensity, duration and shape of the current.

Power: Two lithium batteries power the microprocessor and electrical circuitry.

Shell: The circuitry is potted inside shock-absorbing plastic to ensure that it survives the force of the shotgun blast and collision with the target.