An organisation funded and manned by volunteers would be set up with the sole purpose of spreading rumours. Several hundred normal citizens would be recruited, each putting in arround $10. Letters would be sent to editors of newspapers, radio hosts, webmasters and other media outlets. When enough people with the right skills have been recruited, a large meeting will take place, and a rumour will be decided on. Everyone will be given a role in the hoax. Some will be eye witnesess. Others...

Many police officers from around the world carry firearms while at work. While this does provide protection to the officer, it can also be used against him if it was grabbed in a fight. My idea is that police firearms would have small finger print scanners that analize the prints of whoever is holding the weapon. If the person holding the weapon is not the officer the weapon was assinged to, the weapon would refuse to fire. The weapon would also let out a huge electrical charge (80,000...