#weaponshacks — Public Fediverse posts

Railguns: Making Metal Go Fast Using the Lorentz Force

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/24/railguns-making-metal-go-fast-using-the-lorentz-force/

3D Printed Mail is a Modern Solution to an Ancient Problem https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/3d-printed-mail-is-a-modern-solution-to-an-ancient-problem/ #3dprintedfabric #WeaponsHacks #chainmail #armor

Has a Nuke Gone Off? Indicator https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/has-a-nuke-gone-off-indicator/ #globalthermonuclearwar #CurrentEvents #WeaponsHacks #nuclearblast #micropython #hardware #neonbulb #ESP32 #nuke

Nerf Blaster Becomes Remote Control Turret https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/nerf-blaster-becomes-remote-control-turret/ #WeaponsHacks #foamblaster #ToyHacks #blaster #turret #nerf

Nerf Blaster Becomes Remote Control Turret - For most of us, turrets that aim and shoot at things are the sole domain of video ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/nerf-blaster-becomes-remote-control-turret/ #weaponshacks #foamblaster #toyhacks #blaster #turret #nerf

Taser Ring Is Scary Jewelry You Shouldn’t Build https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/taser-ring-is-scary-jewelry-you-shouldnt-build/ #WeaponsHacks #HighVoltage #jewelry #taser #ring

Taser Ring Is Scary Jewelry You Shouldn’t Build - Officially, the term “taser” refers to a particular brand of projectile-firing ele... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/taser-ring-is-scary-jewelry-you-shouldnt-build/ #weaponshacks #highvoltage #jewelry #taser #ring

Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ #brennantorpedo #WeaponsHacks #EngineHacks #physics #model

Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ #brennantorpedo #WeaponsHacks #EngineHacks #physics #model

Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ #brennantorpedo #WeaponsHacks #EngineHacks #physics #model

Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained - The Brennan torpedo, invented in 1877 by Louis Brennan, was one of the first (if n... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ #brennantorpedo #weaponshacks #enginehacks #physics #model

Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained - The Brennan torpedo, invented in 1877 by Louis Brennan, was one of the first (if n... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ #brennantorpedo #weaponshacks #enginehacks #physics #model

Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained - The Brennan torpedo, invented in 1877 by Louis Brennan, was one of the first (if n... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ #brennantorpedo #weaponshacks #enginehacks #physics #model

Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained - The Brennan torpedo, invented in 1877 by Louis Brennan, was one of the first (if n... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ #brennantorpedo #weaponshacks #enginehacks #physics #model

Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained - The Brennan torpedo, invented in 1877 by Louis Brennan, was one of the first (if n... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ #brennantorpedo #weaponshacks #enginehacks #physics #model

Retrotechtacular: The TV Bombs of WWII https://hackaday.com/2024/11/14/retrotechtacular-the-tv-bombs-of-wwii/ #Retrotechtacular #retrotechtacular #WeaponsHacks #iconoscope #television #glidebomb #guidance #guided #bomb #GB-4 #wwii #tv

Retrotechtacular: The TV Bombs of WWII - Anyone who was around for the various wars and conflicts of the early 2000s probab... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/14/retrotechtacular-the-tv-bombs-of-wwii/ #retrotechtacular #weaponshacks #iconoscope #television #glidebomb #guidance #guided #bomb #gb-4 #wwii #tv

Minuteman ICBM Launch Tests Triple Warheads https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/minuteman-icbm-launch-tests-triple-warheads/ #WeaponsHacks #minutemanIII #News #ICBM

Minuteman ICBM Launch Tests Triple Warheads - On November 5th, the United States launched an LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM from Van... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/minuteman-icbm-launch-tests-triple-warheads/ #weaponshacks #minutemaniii #news #icbm

Thermoelectric Blaster Flings Ice Projectiles https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/thermoelectric-blaster-flings-ice-projectiles/ #WeaponsHacks #iceblaster #blaster #ice

Thermoelectric Blaster Flings Ice Projectiles https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/thermoelectric-blaster-flings-ice-projectiles/ #WeaponsHacks #iceblaster #blaster #ice

Thermoelectric Blaster Flings Ice Projectiles https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/thermoelectric-blaster-flings-ice-projectiles/ #WeaponsHacks #iceblaster #blaster #ice

Thermoelectric Blaster Flings Ice Projectiles - Nerf blasters are fun and all, but flinging foam can get old. Picking it up again,... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/thermoelectric-blaster-flings-ice-projectiles/ #weaponshacks #iceblaster #blaster #ice

Thermoelectric Blaster Flings Ice Projectiles - Nerf blasters are fun and all, but flinging foam can get old. Picking it up again,... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/thermoelectric-blaster-flings-ice-projectiles/ #weaponshacks #iceblaster #blaster #ice

Thermoelectric Blaster Flings Ice Projectiles - Nerf blasters are fun and all, but flinging foam can get old. Picking it up again,... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/thermoelectric-blaster-flings-ice-projectiles/ #weaponshacks #iceblaster #blaster #ice

Thermoelectric Blaster Flings Ice Projectiles - Nerf blasters are fun and all, but flinging foam can get old. Picking it up again,... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/thermoelectric-blaster-flings-ice-projectiles/ #weaponshacks #iceblaster #blaster #ice

Thermoelectric Blaster Flings Ice Projectiles - Nerf blasters are fun and all, but flinging foam can get old. Picking it up again,... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/thermoelectric-blaster-flings-ice-projectiles/ #weaponshacks #iceblaster #blaster #ice

Bogey Six O’clock!: The AN/APS-13 Tail Warning Radar - Although we think of air-to-air radar as a relatively modern invention, it first m... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bogey-six-oclock-the-an-aps-13-tail-warning-radar/ #weaponshacks #altimeter #history #radar #p-47 #p-51 #wwii

Bogey Six O’clock!: The AN/APS-13 Tail Warning Radar https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bogey-six-oclock-the-an-aps-13-tail-warning-radar/ #WeaponsHacks #altimeter #History #radar #P-47 #P-51 #wwii

DIY Laser Tag Project Does it in Style https://hackaday.com/2024/10/26/diy-laser-tag-project-does-it-in-style/ #transparentoled #WeaponsHacks #infrared #lasertag #Games #oled

The US’s New Nuclear Weapons, Mysterious Fogbanks and Inertial Confinement Fusion - Keeping the United States’ nuclear arsenal ready for use is an ongoing process, on... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/11/the-uss-new-nuclear-weapons-mysterious-fogbanks-and-inertial-confinement-fusion/ #thermonuclear #weaponshacks #science #aerogel

The US’s New Nuclear Weapons, Mysterious Fogbanks and Inertial Confinement Fusion https://hackaday.com/2024/10/11/the-uss-new-nuclear-weapons-mysterious-fogbanks-and-inertial-confinement-fusion/ #thermonuclear #WeaponsHacks #Science #aerogel

Learning How a Nuclear Missile Stays on Target - In 1962, unlike today, most things didn’t have computers in them. After all, the t... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/20/learning-how-a-nuclear-missile-stays-on-target/ #retrocomputing #weaponshacks #minuteman #missile

Build Yourself A Little Mangonel, You Deserve One https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/build-yourself-a-little-mangonel-you-deserve-one/ #ageofempiresII #WeaponsHacks #siegeengine #siegeweapon #ToyHacks #mangonel #siege

Build Yourself A Little Mangonel, You Deserve One https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/build-yourself-a-little-mangonel-you-deserve-one/ #ageofempiresII #WeaponsHacks #siegeengine #siegeweapon #ToyHacks #mangonel #siege

Build Yourself A Little Mangonel, You Deserve One https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/build-yourself-a-little-mangonel-you-deserve-one/ #ageofempiresII #WeaponsHacks #siegeengine #siegeweapon #ToyHacks #mangonel #siege

Build Yourself A Little Mangonel, You Deserve One - If you’re of a certain age, you almost certainly learned about mangonels by playin... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/build-yourself-a-little-mangonel-you-deserve-one/ #ageofempiresii #weaponshacks #siegeengine #siegeweapon #toyhacks #mangonel #siege

Build Yourself A Little Mangonel, You Deserve One - If you’re of a certain age, you almost certainly learned about mangonels by playin... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/build-yourself-a-little-mangonel-you-deserve-one/ #ageofempiresii #weaponshacks #siegeengine #siegeweapon #toyhacks #mangonel #siege

Build Yourself A Little Mangonel, You Deserve One - If you’re of a certain age, you almost certainly learned about mangonels by playin... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/build-yourself-a-little-mangonel-you-deserve-one/ #ageofempiresii #weaponshacks #siegeengine #siegeweapon #toyhacks #mangonel #siege

Build Yourself A Little Mangonel, You Deserve One - If you’re of a certain age, you almost certainly learned about mangonels by playin... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/build-yourself-a-little-mangonel-you-deserve-one/ #ageofempiresii #weaponshacks #siegeengine #siegeweapon #toyhacks #mangonel #siege

Build Yourself A Little Mangonel, You Deserve One - If you’re of a certain age, you almost certainly learned about mangonels by playin... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/build-yourself-a-little-mangonel-you-deserve-one/ #ageofempiresii #weaponshacks #siegeengine #siegeweapon #toyhacks #mangonel #siege

Spider-Man Swings A Little Closer To Reality - Despite reading Hackaday daily and seeing the incredible things that people do, so... - https://hackaday.com/2021/10/26/spider-man-swings-a-little-closer-to-reality/ #weaponshacks #spider-man #webshooter #webslinger #webshooter #spiderman #toyhacks #hotglue

Echos of the Cold War: Nuclear-Powered Missiles Have Been Tried Before - On August 8th, an experimental nuclear device exploded at a military test facility in Nyonoksa, Russ... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/20/echos-of-the-cold-war-nuclear-powered-missiles-have-been-tried-before/ #nuclearreactor #currentevents #heatexchanger #liquidcooling #nuclearweapon #weaponshacks #originalart #sovietunion #radiation #featured #history #rosatom #skyfall #ramjet #russia

Trebuchet Sends Eggs Flying - Without any sort of restrictions on designs for trebuchets, these medieval siege w... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/14/trebuchet-sends-eggs-flying/ #weaponshacks #competition #trebuchet #catapult #distance #contest #design #weight #egg

Propel Paper Planes, Bisect Sausages With Electromagnets - Are you still launching paper airplanes using your hands? That’s like a baby’s toy... - https://hackaday.com/2021/11/14/propel-paper-planes-bisect-sausages-with-electromagnets/ #electromagnet #weaponshacks #linearmotor #science #railgun

Eagle Reborn: F-15 Simulator From A Wreck - This story started all the way back in September 12, 1981, when an F-15C aircraft’s landing attemp... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/09/04/eagle-reborn-f-15-simulator-from-a-wreck/ #flightsimulator #weaponshacks #repairhacks #f-15 #f15c

Human-Powered Laser Gun Makes Battery-Free Target Practice - [Dirk] shared a fascinating project of his that consists of several different parts coming together ... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/26/human-powered-laser-gun-makes-battery-free-target-practice/ #energyharvesting #targetpractice #human-powered #weaponshacks #cowboyrifle #laserhacks #rasperrypi #3dprinted #generator #shooting #opencv #target #laser

How Many Western ICs Are There In Russia’s Weapons? https://hackaday.com/2024/06/08/how-many-western-ics-are-there-in-russias-weapons/ #militaryelectronics #russianmilitary #Russia-Ukraine #WeaponsHacks #supplychain #ukraine #weapons

The Aimbot V3 Aims To Track & Terminate You - Some projects we cover are simple, while some descend into the sort of obsessive, ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/the-aimbot-v3-aims-to-track-terminate-you/ #computervision #weaponshacks #robots #bbgun

Making the Halo 2 Battle Rifle Real - We’ve just been shown a creation that definitely belongs on the list of impressive... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/making-the-halo-2-battle-rifle-real/ #videogamereplica #weaponshacks #games #halo2 #halo #gun