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Hobbyist Builds Working Replica of Iron Man's Laser Gauntlet

Posted by Soulskill on from the looks-quite-handy dept.

Zothecula writes "Given that most real-life superheroes don't have the budget of Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne, you would assume that their gadgetry wouldn't be quite on par with what we're used to seeing in the movies. German cyber weapons hobbyist Patrick Priebe, however, has built his own working laser gauntlet... just like the one made famous by a certain Iron Man."

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  1. Not a guantlet by Chuckstar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not a guantlet. That is what is colloquially called a "cuff".

    AND...

    That guy has way too much free time. ;-)

  2. Hmm. by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Slight problem: Anyone who isn't wearing safety glasses is now blind, including innocent people. And you probably did more damage to everything around you than the bad guys. Ah, well... you are a superhero...

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  3. Does everything geeky need to be "cyber"? by c0lo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    cyber weapons hobbyist

    Does the use of lasers/magnetic fields in gadgets convert them to "cyber"?

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    1. Re:Does everything geeky need to be "cyber"? by AK+Marc · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Wearable machines makes them cyber. Cybernetic organism, a cheap watch over a human arm. Or so the cyber heroes think...

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  4. Re:Hobbyist buying off the shelf solutions? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This was a lot of little things executed very well, not "mold a piece of plastic" around an off-the-shelf laser. The mechanism to tighten and lock the cuff around the arm was well designed, the lighting on the tightening switch was a nice touch, the servo motor and levers to raise the laser off the arm were well done, the fit and finish on all the exterior parts was flawless. It seems like all the critics here focus just on the functionality of the end product, a low-power off-the-shelf laser that can't cut through military vehicles, but it ignores the superb craftsmanship that went into everything else.