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homemade video game weapons: keepin’ it real geeky

wolverine-claws

I love the new Gamespy. Who else loves the new Gamespy! Before they were just another video game site, with previews, reviews, and tons of ads, except that they had Flintlocke. But now they have so much more to offer. And Flintlocke is still there,still stupid, and still funny. I just wish they had a back button or something, to…

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June 23rd, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: cool toys geek art + craft just plain fun video games

pocket shark pen weapon nearly as mighty as the sword

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The next time your boss tells you that he’s still waiting for that TPS report, you might want to fill it out with one of these bad-ass pens in your hand.

The Pocket Shark pen ($6.99 USD) might look innocuous enough, but it’s actually made from glass-reinforced plastic and designed to act as an self-defense weapon in the event of…

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February 1st, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets strange + wonderful

bang bang, my zapper shot you down [wii]

nintendo wii zapper gun mod controller

Some people want games to be as sweet as sugar, with showers of fresh blossoms and lollipops instead of blood, and frolicking in place of combat. Those aren’t the people who made this custom Wii Zapper. No, these are the people who crave more realism in gaming… or at least comfortable shooting controls.

Creator THeOReos was having a lot of…

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December 30th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys hacks + mods technology video games

phone gun: deadly phone or ugly gun?

Cell Phone Gun

The Italian police have recently recovered a gun disguised as an ugly, outdated, monochrome-screened phone. That’s right: monochrome. James Bond would rather have his testicles torn off, boiled and then fed to him than be caught using this ancient tech.

The phone was seized in a raid of the Naples-based mafia group Camorra. According to BBC, the ugly outdated monochromatic…

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December 1st, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets hacks + mods

‘wasp knife’ will stab your victims then freeze their organs

wasp knife

Britain is reportedly on alert for the wasp knife, a knife that can “deliver a ball of compressed gas capable of killing its victim at the press of a button.” A needle in the tip of the knife’s blade shoots out a little frozen gas ball which instantaneously grows to “the size of a basketball” and freezes the victim’s internal…

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July 18th, 2008 comments (21) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: gadgets strange + wonderful

remote-controlled paintball turret is ready for action

Remote Controlled Paintball Turret

Do you hate most of your neighbors like I do? I was hoping to get my hands on that paintball-firing robot so I could deal with them, but it turned out that was a one-of-a-kind deal. So it gave me a little thrill when I realized I could surround my property with an arsenal of remote-controlled paintball turrets to keep…

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April 8th, 2008 comments (9) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun

web gun catches thieves just like flies

Net Gun Web Slinger

Why should cops need to zap suspects with dangerous Tazers when they could just catch fleeing criminals using a powerful Spiderman-like web-slinging device instead?

The NET-2000 Shooting Net Rod uses a charge of highly compressed air to fire a net at fleeing suspects from as far as 49 feet away.

While it doesn’t spin a web of just any old…

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March 16th, 2008 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful

robot armed with paintball gun chases down victims

Gepetto AI Robot with Paintball Gun

The only thing worse than taking a paintball pellet in your ass is when your return fire won’t end up inflicting the same pain on your opponent. That’s what you have to look forward to if you end up going toe-to-toe with this robotic foe.

Created by builder Che Edoga (aka “darkback2″), his wood and metal robot “Gepetto” can fire…

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March 6th, 2008 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods robotics

avurt im-5 says don’t stand so close to me

Avurt IM-5

While this strange pink device might look like some sort of modern hair dryer, it’s not. In fact, the Avurt IM-5 is all about keeping people out of your face, not in it.

You see, the IM-5 is actually a high-tech update to the old can of pepper spray. Instead of using a spray can filled with aerosol propellant, the…

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October 3rd, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets strange + wonderful

annoying neighbors? take ‘em out with this paintball tank

Mini Paintball Tank

(Sub)urban warfare has a new face, and it goes by the name of Paintball Panzer. The pint-sized tank has a turret-mounted paintball gun which lets you fire rounds of paint ammo while keeping you safe and sound from the tomatoes and eggs which may be thrown at you in return.

The Funtrak Mini Paintball Tank is a scaled down version…

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September 25th, 2007 comments (10) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun

reporter subjected to heat ray

Raytheon Active Denial System Prototype

For some time now, there’s been buzz about the Military working on a new “crowd control system” which works by blasting people with an invisible, yet highly uncomfortable electromagnetic blast. Well it turns out that they did a little demonstration of the weapon on some members of the press back in January, and here’s a clip of the reaction of…

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April 2nd, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech strange + wonderful