The pioneering years in the history of capacitors was a time when capacitors were used primarily for gaining an early understanding of electricity, predating the discovery even of the electron.

[Jair2k4] ditched the Altoids tins and found a new voltage source for this latest rendition of his taser gloves. Regular readers will remember his first iteration which used wrist-mounted ...

“The Taser is the most complicated weapon that police have,” said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the nonprofit think tank Police Executive Research Forum. Police officers generally need ...

In the early 2000s, when police began buying the stun guns in significant numbers, Taser International marketed them as a “non-lethal” or “less lethal” alternative for controlling ...

The incident has raised questions about the use of deadly force by police for a petty crime, but also of the usefulness of the Taser as a tool for police to control suspects following years of ...

A film capacitor's dielectric determines many different attributes about the device, most importantly its rated voltage. Manufacturers are able to increase a capacitor's rated voltage by using thicker ...

The maker of TASER shock weapons has Boston in its sights. Later this month, Axon Enterprise plans to unveil its new office in the Back Bay that the Scottsdale, Ariz., company hopes to eventually ...

Chip capacitors are passive integrated circuit (IC) components that store electrical energy. Chip capacitors are simply capacitors manufactured as integrated circuit (IC) devices, also known as chips ...

PHOENIX — Two Arizona police officers are under national scrutiny after newly released body camera footage showed them repeatedly punching and shocking a deaf Black man with a Taser nearly two ...

A Taser is a less-lethal, single-shot self-defence weapon used by trained police officers to temporarily incapacitate a violent or potentially violent person, who poses a danger to themselves or other ...

Daunte Wright, 20, was shot after the officer meant to use a Taser, but mistakenly drew her gun instead, Chief Tim Gannon told reporters. The officer was later named as Kim Potter who has worked ...