Posted in Wikipedia with dubious Defense Department sources I nevertheless was dreaming up such an instrument myself. The Vortex Ring Gun:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_Ring_Gun
Basically, the Vortex Gun shoots a sonic pulse powerful enough to knock a man down ten meters away. My sources tell me such a device could be redesigned for experienced BC skiers and would have a variety of helpful and usefull functions:
1) Etiquette Education: Unwary snowshoers could be "redirected" before they make otherwise fatal decision to walk up the skin track.
2) Shoot a start zone with a sonic blast to check stability.
3) Blind competetors at Baker's "Ski to Sea" race with powder snow via snowbombs from shaking up the trees with a sonic blast.
4) Manage snowboard heel sliders by repurposing their vertical momentum to horizontal momentum and thus better anchor snow to steep exposed slopes.
5) Perform real-time 'speed checks' at ski areas. No need to write a ticket...just slow people down with a friendly nudge.
6) A cigarette neutralizer aimed at stopping all underage "punks" from smoking (by puffing those recycled rollies right out!) and thus from littering their spent cigarette butts all over MRNP or the Cowboy Ridge at Stevens.
Any other ideas welcome!
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