{"article":{"id":9119,"heading":"Protest Goes \u2018Star Trek\u2019 With Nonlethal Weapons","author":"Erik Baard","created":"2001-08-04 13:53:34","modified":"2013-11-10 23:38:25","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:38:25","article":"<p>The Village Voice: Tech Wars in Meat Space by Erik Baard <br>  <br> Protest Goes &lsquo;Star Trek&rsquo; With Nonlethal Weapons <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/issues\/0131\/baard.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/issues\/0131\/baard.php<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/issues\/0131\/baard.php","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Police in the future may be armed with energy beams that inflict a burning sensation on skin without causing permanent damage, or even painlessly and temporarily immobilize a rioting demonstrator. Waves of sound and light could disorient mobs, and sticky foam could trap them like flies on a strip.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/08\/baard.jpg","filesize":"16.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/08\/9119.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2001\/08\/baard.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2001\/08\/baard.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}