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>> Proton Packs!

// January 30th, 2009 // random cool // Arvind Jayashankar

Ok, this is just plain cool. For Halloween, Sterling Ely built himself and friends a set of Ghostbuster proton packs out of foam. Silly strings substitute for real proton discharge, and I’m sure that Sterling remembered not to cross the stream to avoid total protonic reversal..

Shame on those uninitiated about a Proton pack! Here’s a blurb:

The proton pack, also referred to as a charged particle accelerator, functions by “concentrating protons” (the gun is also called a “neutrona wand”), using them to attack “negatively charged ectoplasmic entities”. In practical terms, the proton gun fires a stream of energy that allows a wielder to snare a ghost, holding it in place so it can be positioned above a trap for capture. Dr. Egon Spengler designed the pack, intending it for this purpose.