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Night Vision Scope From Scavenged Parts

Posted by timothy on from the see-in-the-dumpster dept.

Caydel writes "Greg Miller appears to have built a Night Vision Scope out of an image intensifier tube, and parts he found mostly in dumpsters. Also on Greg's site: Flyback transformers, coil guns, plasma globes and Tesla coils made from dumpster materials." You get the feeling he's not also writing product safety manuals on the side.

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  1. cool by secretsquirel · · Score: 5, Funny

    But can it see through clothes?

  2. And I thought I was geeky... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This guy is one mullet and a bra-strap-propelled rocket away from his own 80's series.

  3. He should go into hiding... by Interfacer · · Score: 5, Funny

    because the department of homeland security will be knocking on his door pronto.

    Excuse mr, you have just won a free vacation to the beautiful island of Cuba. do not bother to pack your stuff. everything has been arranged for you.

    after that they have to start watching landfills and monitoring scavengers's behavior. "Excuse mr hobo, where do you think you are going with that rusted coathanger? not planing an attach on the pentagon, are we?"

  4. Reaction from the stars by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Paris Hilton was said to be very interested in this device.

    Hang on, thats not news is it.

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  5. All we need now... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    is a Shopping Cart made from scavenged parts.

    Armed with the night vision scope and shopping cart, we can make those nightly dumpster scavenging rounds really fruitful.

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    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam