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Wasp Knife Kills With Cold
The Wasp Knife was originally designed to kill sharks and bears; it's an almost science-fictionally clever way to even the odds between man and beast.
(Wasp Knife)
The Wasp Knife secret? A small canister of compressed gas inside the handle delivers a bolus of gas when the knife penetrates the skin. The expanding gas creates a zone of deadly cold, freezing vital organs.
Police in Britain have been alerted; it's only a matter of time before they are used on people.
Science fiction readers are already familiar with exotic blades; can you add any to this list?
- Vibroblade
From If This Goes On..., by Robert Heinlein. Published by Astounding Science-Fiction in 1940. - Short-Wave Surgical Knife
From Boomerang, by Eric Frank Russell. Published by King-Size Publications in 1953. - Crysknife
From Dune, by Frank Herbert. Published by Putnam in 1965. - Variable Sword
From Ringworld, by Larry Niven. Published by Ballantine in 1970. - Fractal Knife
From Virtual Light, by William Gibson. Published by Bantam in 1993.
From Daily Mail via Gizmo Watch.
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