diy December 9, 2008 posted by Dan

USB Rocket Launcher hacks – where do I begin?

USB rocket launchers were cool …. two years ago, but now everyone has one, even that annoying Joe bloke in Accounts. Well if you’re a dyed-in-the-wool geek and in a hacking mood you can go several times better.

Invent Geek has instructions for hacking a USB rocket launcher and adding an Airsoft pellet gun. Not only can you defend your ~~territory~~ cubicle, you can actually go on the offensive. Watch out though, these things fire pellets at 250 feet-per-second and are definitely welt-worthy, airsoft my foot. And if you’re surrounded on all sides by ~~complete spanners~~ problematic co-workers, then you may have to go to extremes.

Now, that I’ve scratched the surface, there are mods galore. Here’s a few highlights:

… and I could go on, but I won’t.

The only hack I couldn’t find is the one I actually wanted. A USB Christmas Tree Launcher, you know, for enforcing Christmas spirit. Sadly I had to make-do with Photoshop: