All-TIME 100 Gadgets

TIME technology editor Peter Ha picks the 100 greatest and most influential gadgets from 1923 to the present

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Air Taser Model 34000

100 All-Time Gadgets

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No other handheld electronic gadget has caused more controversy in the past couple of decades than the taser. Introduced as a nonlethal means of subduing riffraff by shocking the sensory and motor nerves, the taser has led to serious injury and even death in some instances. It's mainly used by the military and law enforcement — and that's a good thing.

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