Erstellt am: 19. 10. 2015 - 12:37 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Railgun
I'm a bit torn about this story. Which isn't too surprising since I'm torn by a lot of things. First Person Shooters for example.
As a kid in the U.S. I grew up playing cops and robbers, cowboy and indians, and all sorts of other things involving toy guns and weird morality plays. I also learned to abhor violence.
So the fact that I enjoy things like action movies and first person shooters always leaves me a bit, twisted.
As does the fact that despite hating the idea of using weapons, I am always fascinated by things like functioning blasters, lasers, and now, railguns.
Because someone actually went out and made a functioning railgun rifle.
http://imgur.com/a/w4OgF
He has posted a series of photos of the build with some explanations of the photos. And I find it fascinating. It is weird watching the fictional future unfold, and I am absolutely amazed by what people can put together in their basements, but it's also a bit horrifying.
Now if we could just get people as motivated to make the post-scarcity civilisations of Star Trek and Ian Banks's The Culture a reality.
Or a functioning hoverboard. I would be cool with that as well.