PhaSR – the first man-portable, non-lethal deterrent weapon

November 5, 2005 No this is not a movie prop nor will it be marketed by Mattel for the bigger boys this Christmas– it is one of two working prototypes of a non-lethal laser gun built by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate. The non-lethal illumination technology weapon was developed by the laboratory's ScorpWorks team. Dubbed the PhaSR (who needs a Madison Avenue creative team when you can come up with names like this – an acronym for Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response), it is the first man-portable, non-lethal deterrent weapon and is intended for protecting troops and controlling hostile crowds. The weapon employs a two-wavelength laser system and is a hand-held, single-operator system for troop and perimeter defense. The weapon’s laser light temporarily blinds its targets.

Please CHECK IT OUT. Looks like something from "Halo"

http://www.gizmag.com/go/4815/ (full article with pics)

looks like one of those stargate guns....non-lethal weapon' good idea

Looks like th Beam Rifle from Halo 2

yes....that too! lol

Brilliant unless the enemy or rioters where shades

Even if it is not that simple to protect yourself, I'm sure some sort of eye protection will be developed. After all, our own servicemen will have to wear something?

Looks good

a bit big tho..

Cool

This seems a little to simple to beat... what if you were wearing a hood and just covered your face from it?

I wonder how long it will take before there is an accident and the effects aren`t so temporary.

Wtf!? That looks like something out of a sci-fi movie!

I don't understand how this can help law enforcement; we already have flash-bang grenades, and they attack both sight and hearing to stun a group of people or one person.
Here: Flash-bang grenade image source
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and the wikipedia article (has many kinds of grenades, but the "stun" grenade is included): Wikipedia 'various grenades' article

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and look at the huge flash gun (the PhaSR):