Some guy apparently made his own pulse-laser pistol:
It's not that powerful, but it's supposedly powered by just four Li-ion batteries, allowing for 50 shots, which is quite awesome.
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Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:50 am
Satis
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Re: Cool Stuff
Interesting. Obviously not all that powerful, but still dangerous. I wonder how long before someone starts shooting these at airliners. the world is full of stupid people. I think someone pointing a laser at an airline should be considered [number of passengers and crew] attempted manslaughter.
Err, anyway, lasers are freaking cool. As are coil guns and rail guns.
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Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:22 pm
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Re: Cool Stuff
I wish I could build laser guns. Literature studies doesn't properly prepare you for that.
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came across this and thought it was pretty cool - makes me really want a new cello.
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Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:55 pm
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Re: Cool Stuff
That is not cool.
That is bad ass!
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Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:46 pm
Satis
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Re: Cool Stuff
Yea, that's pretty good... though I think the video is pretty lame.
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Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:10 am
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Re: Cool Stuff
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:57 am
Satis
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Re: Cool Stuff
that little cannon puts out a surprising amount of damage. I wonder how badly it would injured a person.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:41 am
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Re: Cool Stuff
That is pretty cool I know from an old insane cubicle mate that CRT's can take some hard blows (as my cube mate repeatedly stabbed one with a knife once) so that is a good amount of power.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:50 am
derf
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Re: Cool Stuff
O'cram put an axe to a CRT once. First hit bounced right back. 2nd went through. Still we were like :O
I don't know how much damage that mini cannon would do, but i'd like to have one on my desk at work
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:08 pm
Rinox
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Re: Cool Stuff
Looks like Satis and Shiny will be outside the direct impact of a potential yellowstone explosion.
Scary though.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:24 pm
Satis
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Re: Cool Stuff
oh, I thought we were in the danger area. *shrug* It's ok, we're in some super-disaster-affecting area of one sort or another. I'm not terribly concerned.
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:20 am
Rinox
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Re: Cool Stuff
Yeah, looking at some "massive natural disasters waiting to happen" countdowns it looks like we're all in for some sort of super-zomg-thing one way or another.
Central Europe (Germany et al) seems surprisingly stable though - no fault lines, no (real) sea nearby, stable climate. Of course, they'll probably get the meteors instead.
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Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:39 am
Satis
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Re: Cool Stuff
lol, as I was reading your post I was thinking meteors.
It's compiled from the Cassini spacecraft's flyby of Saturn. It looks like a computer animation, but it's made from the actual images of the Cassino spacecraft. Fucking AWESOME.
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Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:43 pm
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