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The Frisbee Has Been “Reinvented”, and We’re Not Sure That’s a Good Thing

61 years ago, the Frisbee was born. That was when Wham-O Inc. acquired the rights to the flying disc and officially named it. Now, the company says it’s reinvented the Frisbee. This new version looks wobbly and warped. It is called the Frisbee Sonic. It is basically a frisbee that…

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VFO: A Frisbee with a Built-in Camera

Is a game of frisbee not high-tech enough for you? Well, Brookstone, is selling this VFO (Video Flying Object) with a 720P video camera for you to destroy. Okay, they say it’s “super rugged” but clearly you haven’t seen me throw a frisbee. The camera does not record audio, so…

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TRON Identity Disc Frisbee: Have a Fling in Flynn’s Arcade

Fans of TRON will immediately recognize this as the identity disc from the original 1982 sci-fi flick. Programs (also known as actors in goofy costumes) would use their identity discs (also known as striped frisbees) to not only store their program data, but are used as weapons. It never made…

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DIY Frisbee Launcher: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Lawn

Last year, we saw an angle-grinder chucking compact discs at high speed. La Fabrique DIY came up with a similar but less life-threatening contraption by repurposing a drill to launch frisbees. The crude but effective launcher uses the drill to turn a bicycle wheel, which in turn flings the frisbees…

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Robots Compete by Throwing Frisbees and Climbing Pyramids

I’m sure that this is just a small taste of what we can expect from future robot competitions, just with less killing of humans. This competition is designed to attract more young students to the field of robotics and for today at least, it looks pretty fun. Let’s all enjoy…

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Floating Frisbee Could Fly 100 Feet or More

I’ve never been all that good at throwing a frisbee. On occasion, I’ll get off a good shot, but it usually goes like 15 or 20 feet then peters out or takes a violent turn off course. But if one inventor gets his way, we might soon be throwing around…

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Frisbee Lights Up the Night, Looks Like Ufo

This modern update to the classic flying disc adds colorful LED illumination to light its way through its flight path. The Black Jax Odyssey Ultimate Flying Disc is loaded with four extra bright LEDs, powered by a rechargeable Lithium battery. Amazingly, even with the circuitry, the disc weighs in at…

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The Frisbee Has Been “Reinvented”, and We’re Not Sure That’s a Good Thing

VFO: A Frisbee with a Built-in Camera

TRON Identity Disc Frisbee: Have a Fling in Flynn’s Arcade

DIY Frisbee Launcher: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Lawn

Robots Compete by Throwing Frisbees and Climbing Pyramids

Floating Frisbee Could Fly 100 Feet or More

Frisbee Lights Up the Night, Looks Like Ufo

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