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...nuclear physicist who studied at the University of Chicago under Enrico Fermi, Cover worked as a contract scientist on NASA's Apollo moon program. It was during this period in the 1960s--an era of civil unrest, airplane hijackings and urban violence--that he began to ponder the need for a nonlethal weapon...
...Cover recalled his favorite book of childhood adventure stories, Victor Appleton's Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle. "What an amazing thought," he once said, "stunning people with blue balls of electricity." A rejiggering of some letters later, and Cover had a name--TASER (Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle). Resembling a large flashlight, the device fired darts that delivered an electrical current through the human body, briefly incapacitating anyone on the receiving...
Multiple product redesigns and one "Don't Tase me, bro" incident later, the Taser remains contentious--although Cover never doubted his invention's mission. "I would rather see someone get shot with a Taser gun," he said, "than a real...
...quaint restaurant in the city.Just for the record, we’re still just friends; that’s all.Continuing the trend of Italian food, we stopped by a nominally less questionable pizzeria that actually had a real name several blocks away from Columbia. There would be no illicit cover-ups here, just pizza that put Noch’s to shame. Although the featured item was “jumbo” slices that were bigger and most likely tastier than Dennis’ face, Tim and I opted for a large pie and never looked back.Much like...
...social studies concentrator living in Kirkland House. His column, “Into the Wild,” will continue to explore man’s changing relationship with animals and nature—and how Harvard professors and students are engaging with it. This semester the column will cover topics from animal law to ecoterrorism and the growth of the “Whole Foods generation” on alternate Wednesdays...