Security guards that don’t have guns carry around big long metal flashlights for protection. If they have this flashlight made by ARES Defense Systems they won’t have anything to worry about… “A grenade-style pin removes the safety, and the flashlight fires a .410 shotgun round out the back when a button is pressed. A Mini-Mag size fires a .380 round” Via: TechEBlog and The Raw Feed
Click To Play Last week we introduced you to the High Altitude Balloon experiment. The project is getting closer to completion, watch the video to see the progress. “Make: is going to space.Have you ever wanted to go up into space? Well, you don’t have to try and win a golden ticket, be a millionaire, or an astronaut… you can send your own payload into space! In this Make:
Our friends at Natural Interaction have revamped their Web site and have a bunch of new videos showing off their cool interactive technology. You can also read more about the technology at SensitiveWall.com. I think it is just a matter of time before we see this interface being used everywhere. It looks very intuitive. “One of the characteristics of a successful natural interface is the reduction of cognitive load
I have never seen this demonstration before. Water running through two small open cans into a larger metal collection container wired together to create 10,000 to 15,000 volts. Is it an accumulation of static electricity? If someone knows what is happening I would love to hear about it! Via: Zedomax
Have a look at this cool High Altitude Balloon Experiment that is unfolding. Bre Pettis (many know him from Make) is one of the people involved with this project. There is lots of construction details and specs. up and tons of construction pictures to look at. The launch date is March 4th so stay tuned… “This project is launching a (relatively) high altitude balloon carrying a number of digital cameras
What a fantastic idea! With the push of a button the Robotic Beer Launching Fridge will get a cold beer from inside the cooler and launch it right too you. Just make sure you don’t accidental sit on the launch button or you might be explaining a black eye. I think the next step in development should be the introduction of multiple remotes, or even fixed buttons that will launch
Have a look at this laser light show! Guaranteed to get some attention… Video after the jump. “The main event of the GRL Rotterdam tour – ‘L.A.S.E.R TAG’ – 60mw geek graffiti madness. Watch the video here on the Graffiti Research Lab website. In the spirt of GRL’s and Eyebeam’s open source beliefs, we are posting the code and executable for the Laser Tag application online for you to download,
