So some dude built a phaser. Like, a real one. From bits of a Blu-ray player, an old Playmates phaser toy, and some other stuff. I don't think it could kill anyone, but it would certainly stun them if you shot them in the eyes with it -- since they'd be painfully blinded, possibly for life. However, it can certainly kill the fuck out of some balloons, as this demonstrative video shows. You can read about how he made it here if you want to murder some balloons yourself. and if we ever find a planet inhabited entirely by balloon people, we are fucking set. (Via Gamma Squad)
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FireKraken said:
But-but what would happen to the FFF writing balloon fetishists?
Abraxas replied to FireKraken:
LOL I'm sure Bengali's jacking off to the video
Anonymous replied to FireKraken:
I think the term is baloonatic.
Frito at Tinagra said:
Can it heat rocks?
Abraxas said:
impressive!
MattK said:
Will this lead to a sci-fi reinterpretation of Ub Iwerk's Balloon Land? Only this time, the Pin Cushion Man is packing the latest technology for efficiently assassinating the two balloon kids and the various balloon celebrity look alikes.
MattK said:
Also, keep that thing away from Balloon Animals, or else Balloon PETA will be tossing balloon spit on anyone wearing spandex.
RobP said:
When I first read the headline for this post, my brain immediately imagined a mash-up between the Austin bell tower shooter and Balloon Boy. In essence, Rob, you set my phaser to horrified.
Nicnac said:
there's gotta be some blue balloons in the future being attacked by us evil humans, in 3d movie in there somewhere....
OriginalDavid said:
if you listen, during the resonance of the last balloon pop, you can hear a guitar being hit by the soundwave. not helpful, i just think its cool that i could tell there was an acoustic guitar off camera somewhere in the room.
RubyRoses said:
that is pretty cool though. step 1 [?], to the Phaser being a reality.
Lawless said:
I'm waiting for a sonic screwdriver.
Aaron said:
*Pew pew pew*
demoncat said:
as long as that phaser is being used to control the balloon pop ulation and does not start being used against humans. the one who is shooting the phaser can do what they are doing to make another part of star trek a reality hopefully only for hunting balloons
OM said:
...Rob, I could have sworn either Boing Boing or that shithole Trekmovie actually debunked this a year or so ago.
Asat said:
Jeez, as if the hair-trigger Balloonians didn't already have reason enough to launch a first-strike against this pitiful mudball, what with Don Hertzfeld making them look like pedos.
Ryan Call said:
If only they had them at Anfield
