Demonstrated in the video below – albeit on a very small fire – their system manages to snuff out a flame by destabilizing the fire by playing with electromagnetism and acoustics. While the DARPA program that drove the experiment aims to extinguish fires instantly, this technique does take a few seconds to kill these small methane flames.

It’s unclear exactly how it works, and there’s no evidence that they could scale it up to put out larger fires with the same technique. Still, it’s kind of magical how they just wave that little wand over the flames, and it puts them out for good.

[DARPA via Geekosystem]

I’m not saying they might either, even after they get their hands on the DryShot Fire Extinguishing Gun. But it’s worth a shot (pun intended.)

I have a feeling these portable fire shooters extinguishers won’t fare very well with huge fires, but for teeny tiny fires, they will probably do. The conventional red (and heavy) fire extinguishers aren’t the easiest things to maneuver and sometimes, even the people who know of the PASS acronym even forget what the letters stand for.

Even the precious few seconds people spend staring aimlessly pondering what to do next could spell disaster because that might just be all the time the fire needs to grow exponentially.

Just aim the DryShot Fire Extinguishing Gun at the flames and shoot at them to snuff them out. For $43.65 (USD), you can get the gun and 3 cartridges from FocalPrice. Ready, aim, fire!

While it may seem like a simple idea, Russian modder Strannik put a tremendous amount of effort into the construction of these tower speakers, which required precision cutting, drilling and welding to pull off such a seamless look.

Check out the complete build log over on TopMods.