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:
- IR Auto Aiming hack using a Wiimote and a Bluetooth dongle
- Sonar Tracking Rocket Launcher
- Joystick Controlled with Webcam Sighting
… 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:
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