Wednesday, August 6, 2008

New Knife Can Blow You Up, Sort Of

A new knife by Wasp promises to blow up what ever you manage to sink your knife into. It works by using air pressure released toward the tip of the blade. Wasp's about page explains:


"This weapon injects a freezing cold ball of compressed gas, approximately the size of a basketball, at 800psi nearly instantly. The effects of this injection will drop many of the world's largest land predators. The effects of the compressed gas not only cause over-inflation during ascent when used underwater, but also freezes all tissues and organs surrounding the point of injection on land or at sea. When used underwater, the injected gas carries the predator to the surface BEFORE blood is released into the water. Thus giving the diver added protection by diverting other potential predators to the surface."


Given the time frames and pressures involved here the mass freezing claim seems a bit dubious. Given the roughly basketball sized hole created in the victim, lack of freezing should not take away from its effectiveness. Their website has a video demonstration using a couple of watermelons. Their does not appear to be much freezing in the video, but it is clear that the lack freezing would not matter much.

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