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Heat-Seeking Nerf Vulcan Machine Gun TurretYesterday

We’ve seen several mods involving the Nerf Vulcan in the past, but this heat seeking version from Make Gadget Freak Design Contest award-winner Rick Prescott might be the most intimidating.

An idea sparked in my mind one day while walking the toy gun isle in a store with my kid and later that evening learning of the workings of a thermopile array while surfing the internet. The result is this infrared seeking sentinel which joins a realistically priced infrared sensor to a realistically operatable Nerf® machine gun to create a slightly less deadly yet still highly deterring automated machine. Personally I have grand plans to deploy the infrared seeking sentinel facing the entrance of my work cubical in order to speed interaction with less desirable visitors.

Nice.

(via Make via Great White Snark)

This Robot Flash Drive Looks FamiliarYesterday

This 4G robot USB drive kind of looks like C3-PO if he was captured and buffed to death. I’ll bet they just wanted to remove his mouth to shut him up.

Product page ($25 via GeekAlerts)

Semi-Real Life Rocket JumpYesterday

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Freddie Wong, the same guy behind the recent aimbots video is back with another illustration of what delusional gaming nerds imagine a real firefight must be like.

Breathtaking Time-Lapse Of Earth From The ISSYesterday

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This time-lapse video of the Earth was taken by Oregon State University alum and NASA astronaut Don Pettit during his time on the International Space Station.

Kinda makes the $20 million price tag to fly up as a tourist seem worth it. Watch the video on CubicleBot…

Bookend TeleportationYesterday

These bookends were created by a guy with access to a CNC machine, but I’ll be dammed if he couldn’t sell a ton of them on Etsy.

(Reddit via Technabob)