EMP Defense and Weapon Idea

[KingTomato]

Hello, I am new here and this is my first post. First I will post a little about myself, and then I will continue with my original post. My name is Seth, I live in Arkansas and am 18 years of age. I recently graduated High School in May '07, and am now a freshman in college getting my Business Degree. I plan on some day going on and getting a degree in either Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering, and also plan to get my MBA. I hope to someday become a weapons developer, or a defense system developer.

First I have some thoughts about EMP. EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse if I am not mistaken, and when used it can harm/destroy anything electrical to where it can not used. So my question is, since it is a magnetic pulse, and magnets have poles and when put together they either attract or detract based on which poles you are putting together. When the EMP is shot off is this a neutral pulse, or is it either North or South? My question is if it is North of South magnetically, would there be way to inclose vital electronic parts in a neutral magnet casing, have a sensor to detect the type of polarity coming in, and charge the magnets so it can deflect it? I haven't researched EMP that much, so it might not work, but I am just curious.

Also, I am a computer/electronics guy, I build robots as a hobby. I recently built one that has a camera, and it scans your eyes, and which ever way your eyes move it will move the same way. Examples - Eye Up-Robot Forward, Eye Down-Robot Backward, Eye Left-Robot Left, Eye Right-Robot Right. The only problem I have encountered so far is when I cross my eyes, it shuts down. So since I have been planning on becoming a weapons developer some day, I've been thinking of ways to incorporate this into a weapon. So far I've only thought of a helmet kind of like virtual reality, to where wherever you look, the gun points. I've also thought about getting the degree your are looking, and the location of Longitude, and Latitude. I don't know how this would be of any benefit, except maybe the hit and miss rate of a rifle might be lower, I don't know. But leave your thoughts and comments, and suggestions that this robot I have created and the technology of following your eye could be used. Thanks
- Seth Hall

 

[Chrom]

Haha. EM wave dont have poles, but instead polarisation. So you question is invalid. There is easy way to protect anything from EMP - it is called EM shielding. Basically just encasing anything in thin conductive metallic case or grate.

 

[dioditto]

Faraday cage in other word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage

 

[KingTomato]

Ok tanks guys, like I said I haven't really researched EMP. But since these things exsist, why is everyone so afraid of it? I heard that China is trying to make an EMP machine, that will allow them to make them without a nuclear explosion?

EDIT: If the faraday cages work, then why not encase vital things in them. Also if they work, then why is China trying to build something like tghat, if they are?

 

[Wooki]

Also, I am a computer/electronics guy, I build robots as a hobby. I recently built one that has a camera, and it scans your eyes, and which ever way your eyes move it will move the same way. Examples - Eye Up-Robot Forward, Eye Down-Robot Backward, Eye Left-Robot Left, Eye Right-Robot Right. The only problem I have encountered so far is when I cross my eyes, it shuts down. So since I have been planning on becoming a weapons developer some day, I've been thinking of ways to incorporate this into a weapon. So far I've only thought of a helmet kind of like virtual reality, to where wherever you look, the gun points. I've also thought about getting the degree your are looking, and the location of Longitude, and Latitude. I don't know how this would be of any benefit, except maybe the hit and miss rate of a rifle might be lower, I don't know. But leave your thoughts and comments, and suggestions that this robot I have created and the technology of following your eye could be used. Thanks
- Seth Hall

This has already been done Seth and started in the 1960's to create a helmet mounted look and shoot system for interceptor aircraft. Never incorporated becasue the computer was 2 times larger then the plane.

The system you describe is great for Quadraplegics and is used by a couple of people in the USA and UK. The Patent consists of a radiological sign cut out and placed over a lens watching the user's eyes. Using a filter containing three triangles like this, allows the computer to triangulate the distance between the glimmer (the reflection one sees on the outside of the eyeball) and the reflected light from the retina. That allows the quadraplegic to move a mouse around the screen and select icons by blinking, staring at it for a few seconds or from sound and /or muscle inputs e.g. jaw flex.

the filter on the camera helps the computer determine whether the person is looking up or looking down (left and right you don't need the filter).

Its great for cheating at video games too.

cheers

w

 

[funtz]

Ok tanks guys, like I said I haven't really researched EMP. But since these things exsist, why is everyone so afraid of it? I heard that China is trying to make an EMP machine, that will allow them to make them without a nuclear explosion?

EDIT: If the faraday cages work, then why not encase vital things in them. Also if they work, then why is China trying to build something like tghat, if they are?

I think because if they sent one over delhi, a lot of mobile/telephone/television/laptop will stop working. Aiming for the money and the technology, however it might be a sniper attack, well depends on where the technology might be, might as well explode a nuclear device really up there. It will also be used for testing electronics against similar attack.

Again things they will never let any one know, anyways how do you know this, is it just a wild guess on your part, cause even if they are developing this, it might have the "confidential, for select eyes" stamp on it.

I remember the news footage of all of the media people in Baghdad covering their equipment with aluminum foils.

Any one knows about the bomb that caused all of this locomotion.

 

[KingTomato]

funtz: I dont remembner where I seen that they was making somethign like that. I beleive it was on the news or the Military channel, I forget which one. I've searched google and other search engines looking for it, and can't find it. I know I didnt imagine it, I dont know. But anyway thaniks for yall's comments on my post.

 

[Awang se]

Never incorporated becasue the computer was 2 times larger then the plane.

the computer is 2 times larger then the plane, or the computer is 2 times larger then the plane's computer?

actually i was thinking that maybe the system might be usefull for missile guidance. you know, eyeball guided missile.

 

[metro]

I remember the news footage of all of the media people in Baghdad covering their equipment with aluminum foils.

If you were holding a large $100,000 HD TV camera over your shoulder wouldn't you cover the thing in shiny aluminum foil, so nobody on the ground thinks your pointing an RPG/etc, at them? Having reflected upon that one for a minute, can the guys way up in the air see the reflection too, and if so, friend or foe?
That's a question for a legal team I guess

-KingTomato, check YouTube for EMP+FutureWeapons or EMP+MythBusters...
Actually, here's a link: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/future-weapons/weapons/zone1/emp-bomb.html