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Courthouse strobe lights flash Aurora back to Dr. Edgerton’s work

AURORA, Neb. (KOLN) - For 60 years, the Hamilton County courthouse has acted as a beacon with four strobe lights flashing at night. Dr. Harold Edgerton, a scientist from Aurora, installed the lights ...
New Scientist

Strobe weapons: What are they, who is using them and do they work?

Strobe devices have been used on Polish forces by Belarusian troops as they tore up a fence on the border between the countries last week. Strobe weapons, designed to daze or immobilise opponents with ...
Los Angeles Times

L.A. City Council moves to ban strobe lights from protests and demonstrations

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance that would ban strobe lights from protests and demonstrations. The vote was 9 to 5. Councilwoman Monica ...
West Central Tribune

Ask A Trooper: School bus strobe lights may be used at driver's discretion

Question: I know I heard this before but just wanting clarification please: Isn’t it a school bus driver’s discretion when to use or not use the strobe light on a school bus? I work for a school bus ...
Flightglobal

US Army to test UAVs armed with ultra-bright strobe to work as crowd control weapon

The US Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) plans to demonstrate the use of a 7.5 million candlepower (7.3 million candela) strobe floodlight system mounted on board an unmanned air ...