Witches weren’t so bad.
http://www.disinfo.com/2010/08/la-prisons-to-use-burning-heat-ray-on-unruly-inmates/
“The 4-feet-tall weapon, which looks like a cross between a robot and a satellite radar, (it) will be mounted on the ceiling and can swivel. It is remotely controlled by an operator in a separate room who lines up targets with a joystick.”
I’ve been thinking about “joysticks” lately, in context, it makes for a very interesting piece of iconography.
