HISTORY
The historical development of the GunStopper technology began over 25 years ago. A small company in Silicon Valley developed a mass spectrometer that relied upon a simple method of storing a wide range of ions in a small chamber and then sequentially determining the masses of the stored ions. This technique signified a real breakthrough in mass spectrometry as it allowed mass analysis to be performed with a radically simple analysis device.
Although the new ion trap mass spectrometer was quite simple in structure, it was not completely understood and had a few problems. One problem was that the ion trapping device became unusable when the sample concentration exceeded a certain value.
A small group of engineers and scientists left the mass spectrometer company and went to work at a division of a defense contractor that specialized in various types of military jamming devices. The defense contractor was also working with an ion trap mass spectrometer and was able to develop a significant amount of new ion trap technology. This resulted in a commercial ion trap product that was able to cure many of the ion trap’s problems. This new technology was based largely on a mathematical algorithm permitting the ion trap to selectively remove any individual ion or group of ions.
The defense contractor ultimately abandoned its mass spectrometer product, laid off the mass spectrometer employees, and returned to working full time on its military jamming products. However, some of the mass spectrometer employees performed some independent work that demonstrated the tremendous potential for applying the mathematical algorithm to the application of controlling a mechanical device. A Disclosure Document, available at that time, was filed for a number of different applications of the ion trap algorithms to mechanical systems.
The application of using this technology for a gun jamming device had been considered but rejected at the time for several reasons. However, after about 20 years the application of a gun jamming device was reconsidered by the developers of the original ion trap algorithm. It was felt that there were several developments and new ideas that made the concept of a sonic gun jamming device feasible. These new developments included the following:
1 – The use of parametric resonance to provide the ability to pump energy into a firearm resonance at an exponential rate. This technique had been used by the military contractor and was also tested on a mechanical system.
2 – Improvements to the mathematical algorithm that produced a more effective disabling waveform.
3 – The development of a variety of semi-automatic handguns that incorporated numerous mechanical parts that were small and easy to resonate and jam. As an example, one of the most popular handguns used by police departments is the Glock 19, which uses a firing mechanism containing a large number of various springs and components. Additionally, many different types of handguns manufactured by a single supplier utilize the same part.
4 – The development of highly directional transducer technology allowing an intense sonic wave to be directed into a specific location.
5 – Improvement in electronics technology and the giant increase in memory size providing a functional improvement to the underlying mathematical algorithm and its ability to store larger numbers of sonic waves that can deal with larger numbers of firearm sonic fingerprints.
To finish up the historical overview, after this point a startup effort was formed several months into 2024. A provisional patent was filed, a simple website constructed to summarize some of the work, and an attempt to find funding was started. Additional research was also done, making it even more likely that the development of an acoustic firearm jamming device would be possible. It was also discovered that the technology was capable of developing several promising additional applications that were not previously considered. While most of these new applications have been commercial, some of them also have military applications.
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