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...guaranteed to leave car thieves mist-ified. SecuFog, the latest auto-security device from Germany, is a small metal cartridge filled with a mixture of glycol and water and attached to a vehicle's regular alarm system. When the alarm is activated by a break-in, a 12-volt impulse turns the mixture into an impenetrable fog, filling the cabin in seconds and preventing thieves from driving away. Even with all doors open, it takes 10 to 15 minutes for the fog to clear - leaving a vanilla scent. Considering how often car alarms go off for no reason, there might...
...Nine Volt...
...every day--and only 500 U.S. military buglers scattered around the globe--there's a shortage of buglers available to play taps at funerals. The Pentagon's solution: a cone-shaped, electronic taps player that hides inside the bell of a standard bugle. Powered by a pair of 9-volt batteries, the all-weather unit emits a high-quality, dutifully mournful rendition of taps. Listeners say it's a big improvement over the tape and CD versions that some vets have had to endure coming from nonmilitary-issue boom boxes. The Pentagon has shipped 50 of the units to Missouri...
...second slot on Day One. As I take the stage and look out on 3,000 soggy revelers, an electric charge runs through me. Literally. The amps are not properly grounded, and my fingers on the fret board feel like tongues on the posts of nine-volt batteries. The Korean stage crew shrugs its apologies, and we start our set. The rain reaches a crescendo in our second song but the audience's spirits aren't dampened. Heads bang, a few brave souls surf the crowd, and we manage not to pass out from oxygen deprivation...
...music Sam Phillips godfathered had the same effect on American kids as the jolt from a 220-volt fuse. It let them know they were alive...