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Rage + Steampunk + Laser = Awesome Pistol
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Handheld weapon maker Patrick Priebe aka AnselmoFanZero is back with another laserrific armament. It’s a revolver with a design inspired by the Settler Pistol from the FPS game Rage…, but with less grime and more brass. Also, instead of bullets, it’s loaded with a battery and fires a laser |
April 30th, 2012
High-Voltage Plasma TV Burnout Is Spectactular, Dangerous
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After watching countless “will it blend?” videos, I was actually getting pretty burnt out on viewing the destruction of countless innocent gadgets. Maybe it was because of the monotony of watching stuff getting chopped up in a blender. For those of you who’d like to see some stuff destroyed in… |
March 27th, 2012
iKnucks Case Turns iPhones into Brass Knuckles
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If you live in a tough neighborhood – or perhaps one overrun with zombies – you might want to carry something to defend yourself with. While you could go with some brass knuckles, or maybe even some electrified ones, the iKnucks seem like a much more practical idea for today’s… |
March 18th, 2012
Joerg Sprave Outs the Pump-Action Pencil Launcher: Teachers Run for Cover
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Another week, another deadly weapon from The Slingshot Channel’s Joerg Sprave. His latest creation, a pump-action weapon that fires pencils at 100 miles per hour.… |
March 4th, 2012
Knuckle Blaster Doles out a Shocking Kind of Knuckle Sandwich
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I attended an all-girls school, so there was none of those after-school brawls and fistfights that I heard were a common occurrence at coed or all-boys schools. Some guys “cheat” by wearing brass knuckles because it lets them pack a meaner punch. But what packs the meanest punch of all… |
February 16th, 2012
Never Drop a Firecracker Down a Manhole
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People all over the world do either crazy stuff or get into stupid messes because of carelessness. One recent incident of stupidity was when this man dropped a firecracker down a manhole in front of his two kids.… |
February 8th, 2012
DIY X-Ray Machine Couldn’t Possibly Be Dangerous at All
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Electronics and electricity geek Grenadier aspires to someday be a radiologist. But instead of waiting to use a proper X-Ray machine at a hospital or doctor’s office, he decided to build his own at home.… |
January 2nd, 2012
Scientists Tickle Gorillas on Quest for Origins of Laughter
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Scientists are searching for the reasons why humans laugh, and are studying all sort of animals to figure out if other species laugh as well. It’s easy to imagine that gorillas and other monkeys would laugh when tickled, since they are some of the animals closest to humans. One zookeeper… |
January 1st, 2012
Umbrella Sword Keeps You Dry, Kills Zombies Dead
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If you’re looking for another weapon to add to your arsenal to protect yourself from the inevitable zombie apocalypse, you might want to consider carrying an umbrella with you. No you’re not going to use it to keep dry while the zombies get wet in the rain, you’re going to… |
November 17th, 2011
Flamethrower Pistol Shoots Flames, Not Bullets
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Despite what I’ve learned from video games, I actually think I like my chances of running away from a flamethrower-wielding villain versus one armed with a loaded gun. But that didn’t stop one hacker from building a flamethrower that looks like a pistol.… |
November 10th, 2011
