Safety and security is not only about fencing and locking a site or building. It’s also about measures to detect and ban unwanted individuals form certain areas. Philips is now offering an innovative technology to dispel humans (and also animals) from an area where they are unwanted. The new and patented dispelling light source (DLS) concept is based on disturbance of humans and/or animals using photosensitive stimuli. When switching a DLS system to the specifically programmed flickering mode, it directly induces negative psychological and/or physiological effects like e.g. aversion, discomfort, dazzling, disorientation, fear or malaise. As a direct result, humans and/or animals will be dispelled from the site. Proper selection of the flicker frequency avoids triggering of photosensitive epilepsy.

I predict a new nightlife subculture sprouting up around this “dazzling & disorientation” effect?

via yet2