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The Quintessential Sentry Gun
mollyhackit writes "Aaron and Ezra built an automatic sentry gun using an airsoft gun, some hobby servos and a webcam.The camera automatically identifies and tracks targets. They tested it on each other to make sure it worked; video included!"
I doubt there is a single person here who didn't think, "hmmm I could use one of these in my cubicle."
I'm agneglectic, too lazy to care if there is a God.
And my engy script for "bind e +detdispenser"
Hook it up to facial recognition software, put it on a mobile chasis, and then you've got something.
I love how he used his little brother to test it.
:)
"Just go stand out there in front of my sentry gun so I can see if it works"
At least he was nice enough to have him wear a paintball mask, some brothers wouldnt be nearly so kind.
Now that we know what am aimbot looks like can I buy some PunkBuster clothing now?
"Giving money and power to governments is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." - P.J. O'Rourke
Software tracked, mechanically aimed! Hax0r!!!!
Before you die, you see DoubleRing...
It's all fun and games until someone gets shot in the eye, about 50 times if it empties the magazine on you. Then it's even funnier to everyone else if you get it on camera.
F7 doesn't work, ignore spelling and grammar
First, somebody will suggest how cool this would be with real guns; then a European will wring their hands at how any sane person could have the notion of automatically shooting other people or even possessing such things at all; an American will call the European a socialistic pansy; another American will call the first American a rabid, foaming gun-nut who should be put in a concentration camp with the other bad people; and finally links to statistics will be posted, proving that guns are both the cause of and solution to violent crime, in addition to being psychosis-inducing penis substitutes which should be carefully controlled for the children.
Lazy susan bearing - $3 at Big Lots.
Raggedy PIII to run the controllers - $50 on eBay.
Video of your little brother running like a frightened baby bunny while being peppered with BBs for all the world to see on the internet - Priceless.
Call me when they swap in the paintball rig and it can feature recognize Jehovah's Witnesses.
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
Something useful on Slashdot :)
P.S. was that friggin night vision on the last test shot?
"It had him when he was in the shadows too..."
"AHHHH!!!!"
Lets break that down for you guys...
Step 1)Robots.
Step 2)Add Airsoft Guns.
Step 3)Find Younger Siblings
Step 4)... (explicative deleted)
Step 5)Profit!!!
Brilliant... *golf claps like an excited little school girl*
Live according to the Categorical Imperative. If the Categorical Imperative tells you not to live by it... ignore it
Cheers to my roommate for finally getting his turret some accolade!
/., for giving me the weekend off. I won't be doing any coding once this gets popular. ;)
Unfortunately, he had the poor foresight to host it on the main computer science server here.
So, thanks
Postman gets shot by pellets. Back at the post office the nitrates in the fertilizer sets off bomb detectors. Postman desperately tries to explain about a farmer shooting him with fertilizer pellets during the cavity search. The 300lb security guard for some reason doesn't believe his. Homeland Security declares victory in war against terror and sends the Postman to Gitmo where's he's forced to convert to Islam and winds up being deported to Iraq. On the bright side the farm is looking really green this year.
Apparently, UNIX 101 was not over for the day...