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harop loitering munition: a spy drone with suicidal tendencies

HAROP-1

It may not have a classy or intimidating name, but I’m sure that robots speak of the HAROP loitering munition with great respect – or perhaps fear -  when they… get together for, um, poker night. Israel Aerospace Industries’ bad boy is a remote-controlled, unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) that can be deployed from a…

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October 23rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: robots strange + wonderful technology

anvil launching: it’s exactly what it sounds like

anvil-launching

The man pictured below is Gay Wilkinson. What on Earth could he be doing? Well, let’s look at what we have here: two anvils, a fuse connected to lots of gunpowder, and a man who knows how to have a good time. In Wilkinson’s words: “We’re gonna launch some anvils.”

Wilkinson says he’s often asked…

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October 21st, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: just plain fun strange + wonderful

assassinate your friends with real-life “extension knife”

Altair

I didn’t much care for Assassin’s Creed, but I will concede that the assassin’s retractable dagger is a pretty badass weapon. And in the most literal sense of “badass.” So you would think news of a real-life assassin’s dagger being manufactured would elicit a sheepish smirk from me. Well, not so much. No, instead I’m…

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October 16th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: chris h.

filed under: strange + wonderful video games

rear view mirror tvs say to hell with other drivers

rear view mirror lcd tv

When you’re driving down the road, why should you have to worry about those pesky cars behind you? Thanks to this alarming new trend on its way over from China, rear view mirrors will soon do away with the irritation of constantly checking for other cars behind your vehicle, and instead let you focus on…

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August 2nd, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets mobile tech video

the world’s most dangerous cd player

Saw CD Player Walnut

This minimal CD player design looks really beautiful on the surface, with a case made from solid walnut and matching speakers to go with it. The design actually exposes half of the CD during playback, which seems highly impractical and downright dangerous.

While it certainly looks cool to have the CD stick out of the…

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February 10th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful