--- description: A tech firm is stunning the gadget world with a proof-of-concept demonstration at the South by Southwest Interactive festival featuring a remote-controlled flying "Stun Copter" capable of delivering 80,000 volts of electricity to a hapless target title: Watch This Drone Taser a Guy Until He Collapses image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Recently in Controversy: Drone Can Tase People with 80,000 Volts by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 10, 2014 9:20 PM CUT by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 10, 2014 9:20 PM CUT This proof-of-concept demo that took place recently at South By Southwest seems to have resulted in some sharply divided opinions. Chaotic Moon — the outfit recently behind the fancy [Pizza Hut touchscreen table concept](http://techland.time.com/2014/03/04/pizza-hut-eyes-fancy-touchscreen-pizza-ordering-tables/ "undefined") and [the virtual-reality shark-punching game](http://time.com/16414/oculus-leap-motion-virtual-reality-shark-punching/ "undefined") — is back at it with C.U.P.I.D., which is short for Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone. Chaotic Moon [shortens the description further](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0n-eoSNRQ8 "undefined") by referring to the apparatus simply as a “stun copter,” capable of shooting “80,000 volts of pure projectile terror directly into the skin of an ill-intentioned hoodlum.” The young man on the business end of the drone-mounted [Phazzer Dragon](http://www.phazzerstore.com/Phazzer-Dragon-Complete-Set-Black%5Fp%5F24.html "undefined") is a 26-year-old intern at Chaotic Moon, [reports ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Business/intern-tasered-drone-sxsw-explains-feels-zapped/story?id=22848505 "undefined"). Unsurprisingly, comments on Chaotic Moon’s [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/chaoticmoon "undefined") and [YouTube video page](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0n-eoSNRQ8 "undefined") run the gamut from cheers to jeers, with many of the less-than-enthusiastic comments making the argument that shooting 80,000 volts into people might not be the safest activity in the world. Again, this is merely a demo, though [the description on the YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0n-eoSNRQ8 "undefined") says the following: --- > “” --- So this is meant to get us talking (even more) about drones, among other things. Seems to be working so far. **UPDATE:** After this post went live, Chaotic Moon changed [the description on the YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0n-eoSNRQ8 "undefined") to read as follows: --- > “” --- [Chaotic Moon – Project C.U.P.I.D.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0n-eoSNRQ8 "undefined") \[YouTube via [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Business/intern-tasered-drone-sxsw-explains-feels-zapped/story?id=22848505 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/19076/recently-in-controversy-drone-can-tase-people-with-80000-volts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/19076/recently-in-controversy-drone-can-tase-people-with-80000-volts/"},"headline":"Recently in Controversy: Drone Can Tase People with 80,000 Volts","datePublished":"2014-03-10T21:20:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:41.736Z","description":"A tech firm is stunning the gadget world with a proof-of-concept demonstration at the South by Southwest Interactive festival featuring a remote-controlled flying \"Stun Copter\" capable of delivering 80,000 volts of electricity to a hapless target","url":"https://time.com/19076/recently-in-controversy-drone-can-tase-people-with-80000-volts/","keywords":["Tech","Drones","SXSW"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/19076/recently-in-controversy-drone-can-tase-people-with-80000-volts/","name":"Recently in Controversy: Drone Can Tase People with 80,000 Volts"}}]}] ```