Terrorist Tools?

According to a report about Gutanamo detainees over at New York Times, your next eBay bidding war for that used copy of Sonic and Knuckles might be with Al Qaeda:
One detainee is said to have been schooled in making detonators out of Sega game cartridges. A Yemeni who has received little public attention was […]

Suitable for the biggest bully on the block
This portable toy blaster can pack and launch softball-sized snowballs, making you the new undisputed king of the snowball fight. It will give you “rapid, long-range assaults during neighborhood snowball confrontations.” Just place the snow in the forming chamber, close the lid, and you’ve got three perfectly spherical […]

 
The Palo Alto Research Center is using ink-jet printing technology to develop a disposable patch that can be worn on a soldier’s helmet for seven days to measure his or her exposure to blasts. 
Researchers are developing a cheap, lightweight plastic strip that can be worn on a soldier’s helmet to help diagnose brain injury.

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 Pretty sure someone got fired over this one
So what does it look like when a rocket blows up right after launch? The “fire raining from the sky” adds a dramatic touch to this crazy story. Second video after the jump.

 
Would not want to go up against this thing!
The US Army is deploying armed robots in Iraq that are capable of breaking Asimov’s first law that they should not harm a human. Video after the jump.