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This Salt Firing Shotgun Kills Flies Dead

The weather is getting nice again and you know what that means. It means flying insects will start to bug you. Well, now you can solve your fly problem with a vengeance. Just use this salt firing shotgun called the BUG-A-SALT.…

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Fly on the Wall Smoke Alarm Buzzes into Your Home to Alert You to Fire

Who says smoke alarms need to be nondescript beige boxes? Helsinki designer Paola Suhonen sured doesn’t think so, with her unique smoke detector that looks like a gigantic house fly.…

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3D-Printed Cubic Kite Shouldn’t Fly But Does

At first when you look at this strange looking kite, you’d think that it wouldn’t be able to get airborne, because of its shape and complexity. But this somewhat large, cubic structure is fully capable of flight.…

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Daredevil Jumps From Hot Air Balloon Wearing Rocket Wing, Flies Loops

I can trace my lust for a personal jet pack back to a single specific event from my youth. The episode of Fall Guy where Lee Majors used a jet pack really got my attention. Since I saw that show, I have wanted one and I honestly expected by the…

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Martin Aircraft Presents Their Real Jetpack!

A company from New Zealand is going to start selling flying jetpacks commercially. Strangely enough, these real jetpacks cost $75,000, which is less than the earth-bound JetLev Flyer which we posted about yesterday. The Martin Aircraft Company jetpacks have about 200 HP coming out of their dual propellers. They can…

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Weblimp Crowd-Controlled Remote Airship: Oh the Humanity!

This shiny Mylar dirigible doesn’t look like the safest airship I’ve ever seen. No, not because of its poor aerodynamics. It’s more about the fact that it’s controlled by a group of people standing in another room who are trying to maneuver the blimp through various silly body movements. Created…

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The Biggest Fly You’Ll See Today

How’s this for truth in advertising… This crazy thing could actually be the biggest fly you’ll see this year. Turns out this mammoth-sized bug was created by the guys over at Plunge Productions for a recent show on UK channel T4 called Red Bull Rivals.…

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The Great Insect War: Ants Versus Phoridae

Freaky news from Texas: apparently, fire ants are becoming a problem in the Lone Star State, so they’re importing phorid flies to deal with the problem. Pshaw, what can puny flies do against ants, you must be saying. Pshaw. Well pshaw on this report from UPI: “The phorid flies effectively…

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Jetlev Water Powered Jet Pack Laughs in the Face of Jet Skis

With up to 215 horsepower, the JetLev jetpack flings you up to 28 feet in the air at up to 40MPH by pumping water through its jets.…

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Mesicopters: Tiny Flying Robots to Take Over the World (Someday)

Stanford researchers have designed these incredible little robots are about the size of a quarter for use in atmospheric research on Earth (and one day) on Mars. I just want them for conducting research in my office building.…

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Rocket Launcher Alarm Clock Blasts Into Orbit to Wake You Up

Do you constantly oversleep? Does your snooze bar get a serious workout every morning? Here’s an alarm clock that should help you get your ass out of bed the next time your feel the urge to sleep in. Instead of just beeping when it’s time to get up, the Rocket…

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Roboppi Flying Copter: the Real Hoverround

This tiny remote-controlled flying machine from Japan is a combination helicopter, UFO and hovering light show. A pair of soft, brightly colored rotors help to propel the Roboppi (ROBO-P) flyer upwards and produce stable flight. As it flies through the air, colored LEDs inside the spinning body of the Roboppi…

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Draganflyer X6 Aerial Camera Copter Nearly Flies Itself

Need to shoot some videos or images from way up in the sky? This sophisticated remote-controlled flying machine might be just what you’re looking for. The Draganflyer X6 is an unmanned, miniature helicopter which can carry wireless video or still digital cameras up, up in the air. Interchangeable modules let…

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Mx-1: Worlds Smallest R/C Helicopter, Perfect for Fleas

We live in a world of extremes. At the same time that everyone is trying to get their hands on the largest LCD TV that they can possibly fit in their living rooms, some gadgets just keeps getting smaller and smaller. Take, for instance this teensy palm-sized helicopter. Measuring in…

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Wowwee Flytech Bladestar R/C Copter Hits the Skies

WowWee’s new FlyTech Bladestar is a crazy looking flying machine which lifts itself using a helicopter-like spinning rotor, hovering through your living room with ease. But the real cool factor is a special autopilot mode which lets the Bladestar atuomatically avoid ceilings and other obstacles. Heck, you can even steer…

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Delete Key Flyswatter Kills Bugs Dead

There isn’t much worse than trying to swat an annoying fly with nothing but your hand. What better way to obliterate buzzing, disease-carrying insects but with this delete key flyswatter? Created by German industrial designers Ding3000 for Fred, the delete key flyswatter will keep your typing hands clear of that…

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Tag: Fly

This Salt Firing Shotgun Kills Flies Dead

Fly on the Wall Smoke Alarm Buzzes into Your Home to Alert You to Fire

3D-Printed Cubic Kite Shouldn’t Fly But Does

Daredevil Jumps From Hot Air Balloon Wearing Rocket Wing, Flies Loops

Martin Aircraft Presents Their Real Jetpack!

Weblimp Crowd-Controlled Remote Airship: Oh the Humanity!

The Biggest Fly You’Ll See Today

The Great Insect War: Ants Versus Phoridae

Jetlev Water Powered Jet Pack Laughs in the Face of Jet Skis

Mesicopters: Tiny Flying Robots to Take Over the World (Someday)

Rocket Launcher Alarm Clock Blasts Into Orbit to Wake You Up

Roboppi Flying Copter: the Real Hoverround

Draganflyer X6 Aerial Camera Copter Nearly Flies Itself

Mx-1: Worlds Smallest R/C Helicopter, Perfect for Fleas

Wowwee Flytech Bladestar R/C Copter Hits the Skies

Delete Key Flyswatter Kills Bugs Dead

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