To see the gun in action, go to http://tinyurl.com/8xu2npq Engineers at the Battelle Memorial Institute are patenting a special vortex gun they developed. It might ...

Vortex guns capable of firing doughnut-shaped rings of air have sat around as toys or oddball gadgets for years. Now a U.S. lab has added an extra kick with electrically charged rings that could clear ...

While something called a "vortex gun" might sound like a device from science fiction, the fact is that they have been available as novelties for years - if you've ever used a toy gun that shot out a ...

Those in the defense business, for obvious reasons, are increasingly getting a lot of flack for producing what some would consider instruments of death. That's why, as of late, there's been a growing ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio–Scientists at Battelle have filed a patent application for a device that shoots out rings of gas–an invention that could aid firefighters in suppressing smoke as well as delivering a ...

A futuristic-looking gun that looks like it belongs in an Austin Powers movie may one day help firefighters save lives. Vortex guns that can expel rings of smoke aren't new. But a company called ...

A vortex gun which can fire doughnut-shaped rings of electrically charged gas could be by firefighters to clear hallways clogged with smoke. The gun fires rings which revolve as they travel but, like ...

Mathematicians call the shape of a doughnut a 'toroid'. Physicists call a swirling fluid a 'vortex'. A toroidal vortex, then, is a swirling doughnut of fluid. This video from the Sleek Geeks archive ...

Vortex guns capable of firing doughnut-shaped rings of air have sat around as toys or oddball gadgets for years. Now a U.S. lab has added an extra kick with electrically charged rings that could clear ...

Mathematicians call the shape of a doughnut a 'toroid'. Physicists call a swirling fluid a 'vortex'. A toroidal vortex, then, is a swirling doughnut of fluid. This video from the Sleek Geeks archive ...