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This Machine Gun Fires 120 Paper Airplanes Per Minute

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When I was a kid, I had to fold my own paper airplanes with my own two hands. You kids have it easy with your fancy paper plane folding machine guns. All you have to do is stick 200 sheets of A5 paper into the back of this weapon, and instead of firing bullets when you pull the trigger, it will unleash a barrage of up to 120 paper airplanes every minute.

Dieter Michael Krone has been improving his design ever since his first paper airplane folding machine showed up back in 2014. This is version 2.0. It was built from a combination of 3D-printed components and purchased parts. It is now called the PFM A5 v2.0.

Pretty awesome, but when everyone else forgets how to fold paper airplanes by hand, I’m gonna make a fortune with my long forgotten knowledge and start selling handmade, artisanal paper airplanes.

[via Red Ferret via Gizmodo]

DIY Overwatch Bastion PC Could Use a Working Gatling Gun

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Blizzard has yet another hit with Overwatch, and fans have been creating all kinds of cool art based on the game. One of the coolest so far is this desktop computer that looks like Bastion, one of the most popular characters from the game.

PC case modder Jan Erik Vangen has 3D printed this Bastion computer, and loaded it up with an ASRock Beebox-S Mini PC, an Intel Core i5 processor and HD Graphics 520. The case was designed using CAD software and printed on the 5th gen MakerBot Replicator. Each part was made individually and then assembled to form Bastion. While it already looks pretty awesome, Vangen wants to add a 7-inch LCD as well as a glowing Overwatch logo and some LED lights.

Check out the video below for a walkaround of the Bastion PC:

[via 3Ders via Damn Geeky]

Working Adventure Time BMO: Ooo and Aah

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This is not the first functional BMO we have seen, but this version by Imgur user NinjaBunny9000 is one of the coolest. You can play this guy just like Finn and Jake do, minus the BMO voice giving you sassy talk. Also, it won’t run away and have adventures on its own.


The creator carries it with her almost everywhere she goes, and after about a year, she has finally shared some images. Her BMO can emulate games from several systems up to the PS1. The case was 3D printed, and BMO’s brains run on a Raspberry Pi 2.


She really did a great job. It looks just like our favorite Adventure Time console.


[via Nerd Approved]

Make a DIY Star Wars R2-D2 Steampunk Teapot: R2-D2-Steam2-T2

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If you’ve ever wanted to build your very own R2-D2, this is a cool idea. Now you can learn how to build an R2 unit that doubles as a steampunk gentleman tea server. It turns out, it is surprisingly easy. And when he’s complete he looks surprisingly cool.


Check out this episode of the AWE me Artist Series, in which Marissa Deal demonstrates how to make a R2-D2 steampunk teapot that is cute as a button. One that actually makes a good hot cup of tea and will look great sitting on your kitchen counter.

We all need a droid butler that makes us tea and this one is absolutely perfect. Now all that’s missing is a steampunk C-3PO to give him a hard time.

[via Laughing Squid]

This Guy Made a Levitating Millennium Falcon

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Sure, we’ve all got our Millennium Falcon toys, but this ship is even cooler when it levitates. Star Wars fan and model builder @HanakiMasatoshi has built a very cool floating mini-model of the Millennium Falcon to celebrate the release of Rogue One in Japan. Now if he can only get it to travel in hyperspace.


That isn’t the force making it levitate, but a magnetic system designed by Dutch company Crealev. The system allows an object of up to 20 pounds to hover. It’s most impressive. Check it out in action in the videos below.

[via Rocketnews24 via Nerd Approved]

This Guy Made a Levitating Millennium Falcon

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Sure, we’ve all got our Millennium Falcon toys, but this ship is even cooler when it levitates. Star Wars fan and model builder @HanakiMasatoshi has built a very cool floating mini-model of the Millennium Falcon to celebrate the release of Rogue One in Japan. Now if he can only get it to travel in hyperspace.


That isn’t the force making it levitate, but a magnetic system designed by Dutch company Crealev. The system allows an object of up to 20 pounds to hover. It’s most impressive. Check it out in action in the videos below.

[via Rocketnews24 via Nerd Approved]

Jetovator Watercraft Turned Into Star Wars Speeder Bikes

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You may have seen these Jetovator flying, water-powered jet ski things in videos in the past, but you’ve never seen them like this. With the help of an ample supply of duct tape, video wizard Devin Supertramp has turned them into some awesome Star Wars speeder bikes.

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Naturally Devin and his pals filmed a chase scene, recreating a pivotal scene from Return of the Jedi, and it turned out to be a beautiful thing. I love seeing these Scout Troopers getting shot and going down. Even the Ewoks show up toward the end. It is a super fun video.

If you have always dreamed of riding a speeder bike in real life, it looks like you could actually do it with these Jetovators.

[via Nerd Approved]

Shotgun Guitar: Shreddin’ and Shootin’

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Let’s form a band. Cool, I call shotgun! When shotguns and guitars combine, you get a musical weapon that will make you a rock God. You can also take care of those pesky fans that rush the stage and make an example of them. Not that I condone that sort of thing.

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This dangerous instrument was created by pickup designer Bryan Fleming for Reverend Peyton of Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band. You can see him fire it at the 15 second mark in the video. That is one dangerous and awesome weapon.

This guitar ensures that wherever he plays, he is the headline act. Who’s going to argue with this guy? Not me.

[via Guitar World]

World’s Tiniest Game Boy Is Perfect for Your Key Chain

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What you’re looking at is probably the world’s smallest fully-functional Game Boy Color. It can play all of the games using the tiny direction pad and buttons, with the onboard display and battery. Most of us can’t even play it, because our fingers are too big.

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It was created by Sprite_TM who wanted a more portable version of the classic Nintendo handheld. It was made by using a 3D printer, ESP32 microcontroller, and a super tiny LED screen. It is way too small to use game cartridges, so naturally it uses a built-in Game Boy emulator. Tech geeks can check out all the gory details in the video below:

Good luck making a Game Boy any smaller than this right now. Any smaller and you would need a magnifying glass to play it anyway.

[via Hack A Day]

World’s Tiniest Game Boy Is Perfect for Your Key Chain

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What you’re looking at is probably the world’s smallest fully-functional Game Boy Color. It can play all of the games using the tiny direction pad and buttons, with the onboard display and battery. Most of us can’t even play it, because our fingers are too big.

tiny_game_boy_color_t

It was created by Sprite_TM who wanted a more portable version of the classic Nintendo handheld. It was made by using a 3D printer, ESP32 microcontroller, and a super tiny LED screen. It is way too small to use game cartridges, so naturally it uses a built-in Game Boy emulator. Tech geeks can check out all the gory details in the video below:

Good luck making a Game Boy any smaller than this right now. Any smaller and you would need a magnifying glass to play it anyway.

[via Hack A Day]