The Irish Defence Minister, Alan Shatter, has put forward a law that would give his government the right to cut off mobile services "in a limited area" to prevent a bombing. In particular, he fears that militant groups may attack next month's G8 summit in Northern Ireland to "garner publicity," and that they may try to detonate explosives remotely using phone signals. Ireland already has a voluntary system for requesting operators to suspend services if there's a threat, but the new legislation would make this compulsory, in case the authorities should face any "difficulty in getting a telecom company in an emergency to cooperate." The idea of deliberate blackouts may sound strange, at least outside of oppressed nations like Egypt and Syria, but Shatter says the Boston Marathon bombing, which possibly also involved cellphones as detonators, proves that such measures are necessary.
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Source: Belfast Telegraph
German design studio Docstone loves making concrete-based furniture. It showed off a pair of its newest creations at the recent 2013 iSaloni exhibit. The Mister Boom and Little Miss Dynamite are both lamps that look and work like traditional explosives.
The Mister Boom, featured above, has a light switch that looks and works like an old-fashioned TNT detonator, while Little Miss Dynamite has a smaller and more modern dial switch. Both are meant to be wired to “light bombs” shaped like bundles of dynamite.
Head to Docstone’s website to see pdf product brochures for both lamps.
You know the drill, walking through that mine field, only to lose another good flashlight when you drop it on one of those puppies. Well if this is a concern of yours, the EXP-LED-51 from Larson Electronics should see you right. The latest in its like of hazardous location devices, the rugged LED torch is rechargeable, has 180 lumens of output and rated for 50,000 hours of service in the (dark) field (480 hours on one charge in the lowest power mode). For the man (or woman) on the move, the EXP-LED-51 also comes with a 12V car charger, as well as the standard VAC outlets. How much for this level of resilience? That'd be 320 bulletproof dollars.
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LXFlashlights | Email this | Comments Bombs are second only to the Master Sword in Link’s long list of trusted weapons, which is why I’m sure any Legend of Zelda fan will explode with glee at the sight of this crocheted bomb bag. It also comes with three crocheted yarn bombs, because a bomb bag without a bomb is just a bag.
With it you can pretend you’re Link, Bomberman or Bomb Man. Or any character who uses bombs. Or any character, who now uses bombs. It’s your imagination.
Order the Zelda Bomb Bag from the Knotty Nerdsery on Etsy for $45 (USD). The shop also sells XXL bombs, but not XXL bags.
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