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Gigantic LEGO Tomcat F-14 Ready to Take Off
9:26PM Gizmodo US Edition | We have seen some amazing LEGO aircrafts in the past, but this F-14 Tomcat has to be the most awesome LEGO plane to date. In fact, it’s so technically complex—most parts, including cannons, swing wings, landing gears, brakes, flaps, air intake doors, are electric and pneumatically controlled—that builder Jeroen Ottens got a dream job in Denmark as a Technic designer. Looking at the list of features, we are not surprised:
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Soft Pneumatic Exo-Skeleton Runs on Air, Electronics
7:17PM Addy Dugdale | Described as a soft and wearable muscle suit, this exo-skeleton is used for the lower body, where its pneumatic muscles help the wearer to lift heavier loads as well as walking. Made by a team from the University of Michigan, it’s powered by a small scuba-diving bottle worn on the back, and is triggered when the user flexes his muscles. It weighs in at just 3kg, including the five-pound tank, which you can replace with a C02 cartridge, which will drop the weight right down to less than a kilo. [cwwang.com via MAKE] More »
Gadgets
Pneumatic Antenna Launcher is Not for Dribblers
5:20AM Haroon Malik | Getting an antenna into prime position is often a little challenging. Well, not anymore; checkout this awesome antenna launcher mod. Powered like a regular air pistol, it depends on pressurized gas to generate force, which then enables it to shoot a light line over a tree. More »
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Massive T-PLS Pneumatic Grappling Gun Out-Grapples Batman’s
7:52AM Matt Buchanan | Remember in Tim Burton’s Batman when he asked Vicki Vale how much she weighed before zipping upward in that alley to escape the Joker’s goons? If Batman had a T-PLS pneumatic “tactical line-throwing system” with a 7mm Kevlar line and titanium grappling hook, he could’ve brought Vicki, some of her friends, Robin AND a bag of Scooby snacks (did anyone else see that crossover cartoon?) along for the ride. More »
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Build Your Own Mofo Pneumatic Snowball Cannon
5:45AM Charlie White | You’d better be dead serious about your snowball fighting if you want to build this pneumatic snowball cannon. If you already own an air compressor, you can build it with $50 worth of parts and a heaping helping of patience. Team this sucker up with that Sno-baller we showed you earlier today, and your snowball-fighting army will be totally invincible. [Instructables] More »
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