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water
Aquawalls For Creating an Imaginary Undersea Abode
I fantasize about replacing all my windows with flat aquariums, filling them with coral and reef life (rays, lobster, clownfish), lighting them with full-spectrum bulbs and calling myself Namor. [Aquawall via BornRich] More »
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By Brian LamComment by urbanturban666: how flat are the tanks? is there huge parts of the tanks sticking out of the house? 3 Responses | Other threads
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office warfare
USB R/C Tank Missile Launcher Gives You the Ultimate Office Warfare Weapon
USB missile launchers have been around for a while, but this version is mobile—allowing you to infiltrate yourco-worker'senemy'scubicletrench and win the battle for office supremacy. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by OfficerMike: What? No onboard camera with trajectory-predicting HUD software? I'll hold out for the next gen. 4 Responses | Other threads
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design
Duplex Bird Cage/Fish Tank Blows Your Pets' Tiny Minds
People who have birds and fish probably set the cage near the tank, but the Duplex stacks the two—cage on bottom, tank on top—in a genius move that everyone except the pets themselves will enjoy. More »
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Comment by Lite: is on a boat.: Didn't we already see this in Beyond the Mind's Eye where the bird broke through the ice to be with... 7 Responses | Other threads
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military
Ripsaw MS1 Remote Gun Tank Races at 60MPH
After drones took over the skies, bots are now taking control over land. And looking at the Ripsaw MS1 gun tank running at 60MPH, it looks like war is going to get fierier, scarier, and more convenient than ever.
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By Jesus DiazComment by DisposableInterloper: As much as I hate war machines, I can't help but admire this particular one's dog and pony show. I... 9 Responses | Other threads
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explosions
Russia's New Armor-Fooling Rocket Grenade Is An "Abrams Killer" Apparently
The new rocket-propelled grenade RPG-30 anti-armor weapon recently unveiled in Russia has a sneaky trick to help it get past active defenses—it fires a tiny decoy rocket flying ahead of the main warhead. This is to confuse defensive systems into attacking the decoy, meaning they're too busy to successfully defeat the real weapon inbound just a tenth of a second or so behind. The RPG then has a 105-mm tandem warhead that is apparently capable of penetrating 650mm of steel armor, and can defeat reactive explosive armor too, earning it the "Abrams killer" label.
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By Kit EatonComment by Luka_Veliki: Abrams M1 have explosive armor on sides... so it is protected in cities. That thing would probably kill abrams from the... 16 Responses | Other threads
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explosions
Rocket Grenade Smashed to Bits In Flight By Quick Kill Defense System
We've written about the sci-fi sounding Army's Future Combat System before, but the Army's just demonstrated a successful test of one of its components: the Quick Kill vehicle defense system. Check it out: the Raytheon system uses an electronically-scanned radar array to detect an incoming anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade, then vertically launches a countermeasure missile that blows the round to smithereens in mid-flight, saving the RPG's intended target. It's a very simple test setup, and, of course the real system will have to deal with complications like vehicles in motion, but it's an important first step. And it goes boom. [Danger Room]
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By Kit EatonComment by weatherman: I'm no weapons engineer, but this does seem a little complicated for deployment. The timing issue is a big one... 8 Responses | Other threads
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design
Paper Tank Only Fires Cheap Furniture, Supermarket Coupons
Being the blind bat that I am, I first got excited when I saw this M1 Abrams tank made out of paper because I thought those were comic-book pages. Is that Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos? Maybe colored Milton Canniff's Steve Canyons? Doug Murray's 'Nam? Then I zoomed in and I realized what it was. More » -
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By Sean FallonComment by deadrobot: When I did extra work for Queer as Folk, they fed us hot dogs for lunch. Is this the same... 4 Responses | Other threads
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weapons
Slow Motion Tank Shot Shows How Its Destructive Power Works
This terrifying slow motion video shows the destructive power of a tank canister shot, blazing across an entire battlefield. It's so spectacularly crystal-clear that you can easily understand why it is one of the most feared weapons by infantry soldiers. The canister shot is not new, however. This simple and incredibly effective technology has been wreaking havoc in ground fronts since the Napoleonic Wars. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by johnnyabnormal: That was no tank, it was McCain campaign's collective brains exploding over the latest polls: -----------Biden----Palin CNN---------51------36 CBS ---------46------21 Fox----------61------39 Surve... 23 Responses | Other threads
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batmobile
Batman's Tumbler Replica Won't Fly On Rooftops, Ram Through Barricades or Take a Direct RPG Round
This $499 Tumbler from The Dark Knight is confusing. On the one hand, it's $499, but on the other hand, it's a 1:6 replica of what Batman's been driving in the last two movies, PLUS it's even big enough for you to fit your 12-inch action figures in. The thing doesn't seem to be remote controlled—you'd be afraid to lose your $499 from ramming this under a car tire anyway—but does have light-up headlights, a sliding roof panel and movable flaps. If this were only a few hundred bucks cheaper we'd be all over it, but we suppose the price is worth it just to see Brock Samson sitting in Batman's ride. [Entertainment Earth via Random Good Stuff]
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By Jason ChenComment by Kaiser-Machead: 1:12 scale only? Bah, does Mattel have exclusive rights to the thing being made in 1:18? Reduce the price to... 2 Responses | Other threads
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wtf
German Family Buys Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle For Grocery Runs
When Joachim Schoeneich of Neu Anspach Germany goes shopping for groceries with the fam from now on, he does so in style: with a tank. Or, more accurately, with a $47,376 six-ton British Army Fox FV721 armored reconnaissance vehicle. "We take the tank to go shopping and little trips," Schoeneich said. "It is a bit hard to find a parking place, but we get right of way at every junction." No kidding. It's too bad the gun doesn't work, but this thing's definitely intimidating enough without it. Well, that and the baby seat he installed for his kid. [Ananova via DVICE]
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By Jack LoftusComment by FrankenPC: DMV: Sir, it's going to take 30 days to register your...uh...vehicle. German guy: 30 DAYS! I TOOK POLAND IN 30 DAYS!!! more » | Other threads
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RC Tank
Floating, Off-Roading, BB-Shooting RC Tank Delivers Beer, Removes Eyeballs
We think Danbar Toys has a winner on its hands today with this $92 amphibious BB-shooting RC tank, with cupholders. I mean, what better way to cap off a beer-fueled barbecue than with a remote-control tank that can go anywhere, turn on a dime, and take people's eye balls as war trophies at the same time? The "creatively written" instruction manual (borderline Engrish) cautions against firing at people or animals, but we've had a few already this morning, and Uncle Bob and his stupid cat are totally asking for it. Drink, er, fire away. More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by PingMaster: Beer, a gun, AND a remote control!? I need to get in line for this baby. more » | Other threads
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By Jesus DiazComment by cabowah: hmmm.. A tank can drive on 10 cm thick ICE... so this is lame... Gizmodo come on. more » | Other threads
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cake
Loving Dad Bakes Son a Motorized Tank Cake
This dad went above and beyond the traditional lazydad Carvel and built his son a cake in the shape of a tank, with a motorized rotating turret. The canon also adjusts elevation as it turns. But due to wife-husband restrictions from the Tank Cake Treaty of 2006, it does not fire whipped cream munitions anywhere near the freshly cleaned kitchen table, thank you very much mister. Vid post jump. [Instructables, thanks Steve H. ] More » -
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Guy Builds Nazi Tiger Tank, Invades Michigan
A Rommel-wannabe from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, has built a fully working, 1:2 scale version of the Tiger I 56.9-tonne heavy tank used by the Wehrmacht in World War II. Not happy with that, he drives his amazing creation—Guderian-style—on the road, with a "yellow triangle" on the back. The thing is so menacing that his neighbours called the police, thinking he was planning to take over Poland. Or Detroit. It could have gone either way. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by videoCWK: Happy birthday Trisha! (who gets what I'm referencing without google?) more » | Other threads
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gadgets
Poseidon Mk IV Discovery Oxygen Tank Recycles Your Exhaust, Lets You Dive Stealthily
Diving is fun until your oxygen tank runs out and you die, but this Poseidon Mk IV Discovery tank actually extends the time you can be underwater by recycling your carbon dioxide exhaust and turning it into breathable oxygen. The tank works its magic with its C02 scrubbers and oxygen cells, which is powered by a lithium-ion battery. And because it takes in the air you breathe out, you'll be able to dive stealthily without your bubbles alerting people to your presence. Community pool, watch out! [Poseidon via Pop Sci via DVice via Geekologie]
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By Jason ChenComment by Gone Elsewhere.: This works great until creatures in that unknown cave in a random former soviet republic attack you, your tank is... 2 Responses | Other threads
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By Jesus DiazComment by ors23: Psychedelic experience from being in the quiet darkness without sensory distractions...so, basically it makes you dream..? 1 Responses | Other threads
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(invisible) blitzkrieg
Invisible Tanks
Patton would've killed for a battalion of these babies. The British Army's testing an "invisible" tank that works like the invisibility jacket Susumu Tachi put out a couple of years ago. Basically a camera/projector setup throws images of the surroundings onto the tank, letting you see through it, so it's not quite the kind of future-y awesomeness DARPA's working on. Yet, anyway, according to the project head: "The next stage is to make the tank invisible without them - which is intricate and complicated, but possible." Add a couple of legs and a rail gun, and we'll see Metal Gears walking around in no time. [Daily Mail via Geekologie]
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Comment by TrevorJ: Hum. I can just see the poor IT guys running around the battlefield changing projector lamps and swapping out bad... more » | Other threads
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it eats priuses
The Dragon Tank Truck
Somewhere in Russia, a man (who knows something we don't) is getting prepared for the post-apocalyptic trek across Europe with this Dragon Tank Truck. It's a truck, but it's also a dragon tank, thanks to the many, many pieces of steel (?) melded onto its exterior. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by NightTimeNinja: I really dont think that thing needs a stereo system, because you problebly couldm't hear it over the engine. Unless... more » | Other threads
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gadgets
Rugged Wheelchair Lets Disabled Go Off-road
It may look like some oversized BattleBot, but the Tank Chair is a rugged, off-road wheelchair that lets anybody with leg injuries "get back to nature." Each chair is custom built and can take on any type of terrain. There's no word on pricing, but any wheelchair that looks this cool has got to be worth the splurge. Hit the jump for some extra shots. More »
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Comment by bonzaibuck: This one seems to be a walkie's wet dream. But as an everyday gimp I'm wondering how many of... more » | Other threads
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