Scary Cool Tech Thread 317317 Responses

Last post: 18 hours, 40 minutes ago | Thread started: Feb 28, 09, 10:52 a.m.

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• Nairn

  Seen a cool bit of future tech?

  'Twatter' it to your fellow designiks here.

  Feb 28, 09, 10:52 a.m. – Permalink

• Nairn

  Meet HULC™, the Human Universal Load Carrier.

  • run forrest run– Hurley1/3

    you could have great sex in that thing– R_W2/3

    Wear it to the pub. get a sympathy shag. Or if it doesnt work get drunk and kick ass.– Dillinger3/3

  

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  Dog-earFeb 28, 09, 10:53 a.m. – Permalink

• Nairn

  The Lockheed Katana, a single blade 'nanocopter', based on the design of a sycamore seed. http://www.theregister.co.uk/200…

  Which is apparently an updated version of this bad boy..
  

  

  (from http://blog.wired.com/defense/20… )

  • they're already planning stage two:
    http://www.darpa.mil…– TheBlueOne

  

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  Dog-earFeb 28, 09, 10:56 a.m. – Permalink

• e-pill

  here you go... i call it robocop 2...

  http://fc66.deviantart.com/fs12/…

  • 2 has already been done.– Hurley1/2

    nice, you get the 3d straight from illustrator?– creez2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 28, 09, 10:57 a.m. – Permalink

• Nairn

  Ok, so this isn't quite Scary Cool (yet), and I'm sure you're familiar with examples of non-Newtonian fluids in action, but the video embedded in this page gives a really neat demonstration of the technology in a practical application.

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/techn…

  • That cool– roundabout1/4

    That is a man.– Mojo2/4

    I played the vid and minimised the window, opened it...and holy shit how is that a female voice?– gjd3/4

    haha, i thought it was a man too.– fugged4/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 4:04 a.m. – Permalink

• invisiblechamber

  i'm waiting of a hybrid of these two for a proper freak-out:

  
  

  • holy shit! i'm going to have nightmares about the "bigdog".– armsbottomer1/5

    That big dog thing is fucking freaky. It's like they cut two dogs in half, and put that fcking metal box where their top halfs should be– Hoax2/5

    be, facing face to face. it's creepy as fuck. errrrrrrrughh.h– Hoax3/5

    I am fucked up on this now. David Lych meets Metal Gear Solid..– Ironmonkey4/5

    @ironmonkey SSSooo true– D4W33D5/5

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 4:18 a.m. – Permalink

• invisiblechamber

  i cannot find the article right now but i read that some scientists are planning to genetically cross cows with spiders. the milk of the chimera is supposed to be spun. the gained yarn is said to be woven to bullet-proof vests. (i can't get rid of the idea that those cowders are going to redefine the meaning of world wide web).

  • cow spunk - cheese sticks?– Jnr_Madison1/3

    I want a cowder.
    Please, mom?– NotByHand2/3

    http://www.youtube.c…– invisiblechamber3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 4:41 a.m. – Permalink

• JerseyRaindog

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  • this is serious thread.– Jnr_Madison1/8

    Whoops, my bad. I saw Nairn started it and assumed it wasn't.– JerseyRaindog2/8

    My threads are generally pretty sensible - as are most contributions these days. Enough hapless jokers here.– Nairn3/8

    *sucks life right out of dialogue*– Nairn4/8

    Sorry, Jersey, it was just one of my hapless jokes.– Jnr_Madison5/8

    *backs out of thread apologising profusely to Nairn.– JerseyRaindog6/8

    HAHA. BUY NOW!– akrokdesign7/8

    Motherfucking time vampire, lol!– 5timuli8/8

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 4:45 a.m. – Permalink

• utopian

  • dad?– drgss1/2

    dad does need some help– utopian2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 7:02 a.m. – Permalink

• utopian

  • those are awesome– benfal991/6

    amazing inspiring.– Hurley2/6

    sick– elektro3/6

    yeah this guy is a genius.– d0mino4/6

    sounds like a foreign Christopher Walken– jmilligan5/6

    wow & LOL @ – jmilligan– moIdero6/6

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 7:42 a.m. – Permalink

• utopian

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 7:43 a.m. – Permalink

• TheBlueOne

  By the end of the year netbooks will be seen as unneccessarily huge:

  http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/…

  http://www.marvell.com/products/…

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 8:11 a.m. – Permalink

• GeorgesII

  not quite scary but cool
  

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 10:05 a.m. – Permalink

• thumb_screws

  rail gun tests
  

  • I thought rail guns propelled magnetically. Why is there combustion as the projectile leaves?– ETM1/2

    because of friction with the air. That's why space shuttles heat up so much on re-entry.– cilence2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 10:20 a.m. – Permalink

• thumb_screws

  Active Denial System

  

  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act…

  • FFS!
    this is crazy!– benfal991/7

    Humvees are scary.– era4O42/7

    Fuck– roundabout3/7

    Torture tech made by scumbags.– its_only_me4/7

    But does it cook popcorn?!– DoTheMacarena5/7

    it cooks your insides.– plash6/7

    fantastic
    – sputnik27/7

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 10:30 a.m. – Permalink

• robotron3k

  hmmm, seems like every single cool invention is used to kill, harm or for use in military service.

  • Where do you think technology comes from? The military develops it, perfects it, kills people with it then releases it to the public.– Hurley1/4

    the public– Hurley2/4

    Military technology comes from misappropriated funds from public taxes for the financial gain of contractors– version33/4

    they pay them?!– ribit4/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 10:37 a.m. – Permalink

• version3

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scien…

  

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  Dog-earMar 1, 09, 10:40 a.m. – Permalink

• invisiblechamber

  • hahaha, lovely! so much better than a DU gatling gun strapped on its back.– Nairn1/2

    Rodeo clowns... watch out!– ETM2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 20, 09, 7:32 a.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  "weaponized" is an fantastic adjective

  

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  Dog-earMar 20, 09, 8:06 a.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  

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  Dog-earMar 20, 09, 8:16 a.m. – Permalink

• Nairn

  K, it's more 'scary' in the sense that it's so utterly of The Future.

  There have been murmerings of space-based power generation from orbiting solar catchment platforms (notably, by DARPA and the governments of India and Micronesia) for a while now.

  Now, at last, a firm commitment has been made by a major American utilities firm to buy power from a company that intends to have the systems in place by 2016.

  Given that gov'ts interest in zero-carbon power sources and promotion of space tech, this might actually get through regulatory hurdles.

  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3019…

  It's the fucking future, man.

  • Portfolio link? For you show me ways? Or GTFO– Hemogoblin1/3

    Shit wrong thread.. sorry bro cool story btw.– Hemogoblin2/3

    This is awesome! See this movie: http://www.imdb.com/…– Lillebo3/3

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 09, 7:50 a.m. – Permalink