DIY trip wire detection – 80,000 cans of Silly String

DIY trip wire detection – 80,000 cans of Silly String

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Interesting use of Silly String… –

A New Jersey mom’s labor of love has overcome its last hurdle. Marcelle Shriver collected 80,000 cans of Silly String and had planned to send them all to Iraq, where troops use the substance to detect tripwires on deadly insurgent bombs. After an initial shipment made it to Baghdad in January without a hitch, Shriver suddenly hit the hard wall of military bureaucracy. One problem: Silly String is an aerosol and it’s considered a hazardous material, meaning only certain companies can ship it. Thom Campbell, one of the founders of Capacity LLC, a shipping company experienced in hazardous materials, stepped up to the plate yesterday and decided to help out, shipping off the cans.

DIY trip wire detection – 80,000 cans of Silly String – Link.

4 thoughts on “DIY trip wire detection – 80,000 cans of Silly String

  1. volkemon says:

    YEAH!!! This is a great MAKE on a product, and I’m glad it went through. Kudos to the troop(s) that thought this trick up.

  2. rehorstmark@netscape.net says:

    Surely Haliburton or Fluor has a means to ship
    this stuff and bill the DoD a few million for the
    trouble…

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