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Scientists decide “Armageddon” nuclear blast might stop an asteroid

, Mar 14th 2012 Discuss [12]

If you thought the old Hollywood flick "Armageddon" with Bruce Willis was too far-fetched to work when it comes to destroying asteroids, it appears you were wrong. In that movie, astronauts went to the surface of an asteroid coming towards Earth, where they drilled holes and placed bombs to destroy the asteroid. Scientists were wondering if that exact plan could actually work in the real world should Earth ever be posed with the threat of a direct asteroid strike. Read The Full Story

Slingshot heating mechanism helps create more power

, Jan 23rd 2012 Discuss [2]

The slingshot madman Joerg Sprave recently showed off something about a slingshot that is pretty cool. When you stretch the rubber band that propels whatever you are shooting from the slingshot, the band heats up and has more pulling force. The bands start to cool right away, and the force of the slingshot is reduced. Read The Full Story

SMU 100 Laser Rifle tested by UK Police

, Dec 13th 2011 Discuss [4]

Clearly the times have gotten as strange and terrifying as they're going to get over in the UK and police forces are testing laser rifles that are capable of firing a three meter "wall of light" that temporarily blind anyone who glances upon it. While this may bring up images in your mind of everything from your favorite first person shooter to Magic: The Gathering cards, you should know that this is being reported to be completely non-lethal. This weapon will cost £25,000 per unit and was designed by a former Royal Marine Commando who intended it for use against Somalian pirates. The image you see below this paragraph is not an accurate representation of what the rifle will look like, but a rendering of it's current iteration IS inside this post a bit lower down. Read The Full Story

Comp Bullet promises tiny holes will silence and speed up your murder spree

, Dec 8th 2011 Discuss [7]

When we write about the ever-so-terrible bullet here on SlashGear, or more specifically when I write about it, you'd better understand right out of the barrel that I don't condone their usage outside of the sweetness of video games - that's why I must note that these drilled golden kill-rockets being shown off today by Comp Bullet are awesome, but I'm praying they don't draw the blood they're intended for. Of course that's a fool's errand, going to pray for such a thing, but I cannot resist the gold - such is life, and such is death. Each Comp Bullet is a precision machined masterpiece, made not only to reduce recoil, but to increase the subsequent velocity of the bullet as it exits your gun's barrel. Read The Full Story

Army hypersonic weapon test success

, Nov 18th 2011 Discuss [7]

We have talked on several occasions about the DARPA hypersonic test gliders that have been in testing for a while now. So far, DARPA has lost both of its test vehicles with no explanation as to what happened. It seems that the US Army has been more successful than DARPA has. Yesterday the Army conducted a test flight of its new hypersonic weapon that can travel up to five times the speed of sound. Read The Full Story

U.S. Navy Electromagnetic Railgun fires milestone 1000th shot

, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [1]

The United States Navy has a gun that's this week reached a milestone, but before we discuss that, you've got to know that is works with more kinetic energy than a one-ton vehicle moving at 100 miles per hour. This week they've fired the gun for the 1,000th time, this marking a point quite close to production and real-world deployment. Though we've been using railguns in first person shooter video games for some time now, they've only been theoretically possible until very recently - and starting very soon, they'll be in use by the United States armed forces. Read The Full Story

Scientists develop cheap explosives sensor printed on paper with ink jet printer

, Oct 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

Explosive detecting sensors are used around the world for all sorts of things from screening passengers heading to planes at airports to being used on the battlefield to find IEDs before they can hurt our soldiers. The problem with explosive sensors today is that the low cost sensors aren’t very accurate and the accurate sensors are very expensive. Read The Full Story

Joerg Sprave finally embraces his inner zombie killer

, Oct 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

Joerg Sprave takes his sling shots very seriously. I have long said this is one of the dudes you want to look up when the zombie apocalypse hits and you need a guy that can make weapons for you. All this guy needs is some rubber bands, wood, and rocks or steel balls to make an effective weapon. This time around, Joerg looks at what it would take to penetrate that pesky zombie skull and destroy the brain so the zombie stops trying to eat you. Read The Full Story

The Business self defense kit is card-sized weaponization

, Oct 28th 2011 Discuss [3]

You come to SlashGear on the daily to get a dose of gadgets that will improve your life, but you and I know good and well that every once in a while you want to see something that can give you a black eye- that's why this post is about The Business self defense kit. This is a conceptual design made by Hoang and Ahn Nguyen (no relation to Vincent Nguyen) for CreativeSession, and at a business-card size and made to sit nicely aside your business casual attire, you'll have no problem working overtime and going home after dark. Read The Full Story

Joerg Sprave shows how effective marbles are as slingshot ammo

, Oct 24th 2011 Discuss [3]

If you ever watch Mythbusters you know that ballistic gelatin is very close the same density as human files. Therefore, when you hit the gelatin with certain weapons you can see how much damage it would do to a person. Slingshot madman Joerg Sprave is back at it again and this time he has a bunch of marbles that he is using for ammo. Read The Full Story

Invisible Weapons tested by slingshot guru Joerg Sprave

, Oct 17th 2011 Discuss [1]

Anyone that has flown post 9/11 knows that airport security has greatly tightened. However, there are still worries that bad guys might slip some weapons past the security at the airport that could be used to take over an aircraft. The invisible weapons that Sprave is testing on his ballistic gel are not literally invisible; a metal detector just won't detect them. Read The Full Story

Holy Smoke turns your cremated loved ones into bullets

, Oct 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. If you have a loved one that is really into hunting and wants to be cremated, you can turn them into bullets. I guess the idea is that with their cremated ashes inside the rounds you can take them hunting with you as long as your rounds of people ammo hold out. The company that does this is called Holy Smoke. Read The Full Story
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