Military

8 Top Tech Videos and Gadgets for the Week: September 2nd (list) (video)

8 Top Tech Videos and Gadgets for the Week: September 2nd (list) (video)

Man, where did summer go! We’re already in September, and Labor Day is this coming Monday, aka the official farewell to summer 2011. Wishing all readers a safe and fun holiday weekend with our weekly tech [...]

7 Must Have Tools and Gadgets To Survive a Riot (video)

7 Must Have Tools and Gadgets To Survive a Riot (video)

After what happened with the recent riots in London, it wouldn’t hurt to start planning for one closer to home. Like any other natural disaster, it doesn’t hurt to be a bit prepared, so that you’ll [...]

StressVest Delivers 4,500 Volts Instead of Bullets (video)

StressVest Delivers 4,500 Volts Instead of Bullets (video)

There is nothing worse than not knowing if you’ve been shot.  Chances are that won’t be the case if you’re hit with an actual bullet.  We’re actually referring to police training or just a friendly game [...]

Swiss Flame: A Swiss Army Knife with a Built-in Lighter

Swiss Flame: A Swiss Army Knife with a Built-in Lighter

Swiss Army knives are a must have for any self respecting boyscout.  Each knife, at the very least, includes a corkscrew, a nail file, a serrated blade, a straight blade, a pair of tweezers and a toothpick.  In [...]

Martin Jetpack Flies to New Heights (video)

The Martin Jetpack team is at it again.  In April they succeeded with a 7 minutes flight high above the earth’s surface and now, just a few days ago, they’ve taken the hover device to new [...]

BodyGuard: A Real Life Armored Glove with a Stun Gun and Red Dot Sight

BodyGuard: A Real Life Armored Glove with a Stun Gun and Red Dot Sight

Kevin Costner starred in the movie “The BodyGuard”, and now the actor come entrepreneur is backing a product of the same name. It’s effectively a armored glove that covers the hand and forearm, and is equipped with a [...]

General Atomic’s Railgun Blasts Through Steel, Travels 4 Miles (video)

General Atomic’s Railgun Blasts Through Steel, Travels 4 Miles (video)

The world of military weaponry is both scary and intriguing.  On one hand you’ve got a piece of kit that can do some serious damage and ultimately cause all sorts of hardship, not the least of [...]

Grappling Hook Gun That Fires T-shirts

Grappling Hook Gun That Fires T-shirts

My special ops days are far behind me, but for those of you still running game as a contractor for Mi6 or the CIA, you might want to take a look at the Battelle Tactical Air [...]

Impressive Coil Gun Build (video)

Impressive Coil Gun Build (video)

This is a real world Coil Gun.  It uses electricity and I believe magnets to fire bullet like projectiles (made of magnetic material) at uncanny speeds. Supposedly it can achieve a comparable velocity to that of [...]

DTV Shredder (video)

DTV Shredder (video)

The DTV Shredder from BPG Werks is a 125lb all terrain surfboard.  Under the hood is a 200CC 4-stroke Honda engine that can propel the skateboard like device up to 30 mph.  In their promotional video [...]