So call me twisted, but I read this and all I could think of was that finally some nerdy guy gets to say...
"See mom, I wasn't weird for burning ants with a magnifying glass. See what I grew up to invent?"
Funny. First thing I thought of was the use of "less than lethal" sonic weapons on crowds.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4857417