Shooting

Gadgets

Bleeding Zombie Target Dummies: Essential Apocalypse Preparedness

3:20AM December 21, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Shooting paper targets will improve your aim, but they don’t quite capture the experience of emptying a shotgun into a zombie’s chest. Not like these lifelike — or should I say undeadlike — zombie targets that bleed like real flesh. More »


Online

You Can Shoot Up The World In Google Maps Street View

6:43AM December 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

I usually love me some FPS games but there’s something off putting about fake shooting up the real world in Google Maps Street View with an assault rifle. Try it out yourself, put a location Pool Worldwide and start shooting fake real people and things in Google Maps. Is it weird for you? More »


Geek Out

Here’s More Proof That Navy SEALs Are Unbelievable Supermen

11:20AM May 4, 2011 | Sam Biddle

If the perfectly executed killing of Osama bin Laden didn’t convince you that SEALs are walking nuclear bombs with bear claws and the tail of a velociraptor, consider the above photo. More »


Geek Out

A Cute Robotic Seal Is Better At Basketball Than You Are

2:20PM March 3, 2011 | Casey Chan

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/aFl-9W8x-uI&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); I know, I know. The robotic seal is really just a robotic arm dressed in a furry seal outfit, but boy is it cute! And when you see it nail 99% of its shots, it’s a better shooter than Larry Bird, Steve Nash and Ray Allen put together. [io9] More »


Cameras

Killer Captured By Victim Just Before Fatal Shooting

7:00AM January 5, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The man with the .45 handgun is Michael Gonzales. Just a second after this image was captured, he fired various shots against the man holding the camera. He was photographing his wife and daughter just hours before the New Year. More »


Cameras

How You Can Make Time Lapse Videos With Your DSLR

1:20PM December 1, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7127489&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":275,"ratio":0.55,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"vimeo","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Philip Bloom is a time lapse photography wizard. Here he shows you how to make a simple, zoomy time lapse video with photos from your DSLR. Now you just need a plane ticket to Dubai or Prague or something. [Photoxels] More »


Geek Out

Apple Store Shooting: Cops Release Video On YouTube

5:45PM July 5, 2009 | Danny Allen

Do you know this guy? There’s a $US1000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the suspect in Friday’s shooting of a 26-year old employee at the Clarendon Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia. More »


Geek Out

Woman Shot During “Violent Armed Robbery” At Apple Store

7:31AM July 4, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

A 26-year-old employee was shot today during a “violent armed robbery” of the Clarendon Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia. Video news report embedded below—details at Cult of Mac. [Cult of Mac via BBG] More »


Woman’s Hair Weave May Have Stopped Bullet

10:20AM February 21, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Say what? A Kansas City woman with a tight weave gets shot at by her boyfriend through a car window. Later, the cops find a spent bullet in her hair. Did the hair stop it?

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Entertainment

70-Year Old Man Shoots TV, Engages in Standoff With Police Over DTV Transition

4:28AM February 21, 2009 | Sean Fallon