Time to worry.

[pasithea]

Want to take any bets on the first use for this device?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=482560&in_page_id=1965

And remember kids. If no one can see it and it doesn't leave any marks, it's not torture, is it?

Comments

[sci.livejournal.com]

Problem with that last one is there any nerve can report pain. Pain is just damage. Pleasure is a much more complex combination. If they can isolate different nerve receptor types, instead of (what I suspect) is simply overloading the most common one, then yes perhaps an orgasmatron is possible by correctly modulating stimulation of the right types based on biometric feedback.
If it can be focused on set nerve types.
Otherwise it'd be no more pleasurable than having someone bite you in the clit.

Still, maybe a combination of this ray for heat, ultrasonics for tactile, magnetic fields for mind effects..

Interesting question: Which would people be more outraged at? A pain ray or an orgasm ray? Pain's well accepted in public, but pleasure is far more personal. I suspect people at large would be more upset about the idea of a gun that incapacitated you by sudden uncontrollable orgasm. Being hurt in public is fine, but being pleasured is just embaracing..?

And would the beam work on insects and birds? I'm sure in a past article they said the ray only works on exposed skin, and birds have feathers. No idea if flys can feel pain in the same way.

[yetanotherbob.livejournal.com]

No problem! Crank it up, and hey, free meal. McDonalds could save so much money with this. Mmm. McNuggets...