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...latest electroshock devices look something like Led Zeppelin-era stereo equipment. They are based on technology so old the FDA says they predate its regulatory authority (the agency has classified the devices in the category it uses for equipment whose risks are high or unknown). The website for the Thymatron, the Cadillac of electroshock devices, still features a painfully outdated page on how to test the device for Y2K compliance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Sparks Over Electroshock | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

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