Monday, May 13, 2013 - 2:34pm
Joerg Sprave isn't one to sit idly by and let the zombies eat his innards. Evidence: his blood-spattered shirt and the huge crossbow slung across his shoulder.
weapons stories
Monday, May 6, 2013 - 12:03pm
The first nearly all 3D-printed gun has finally arrived and its creator has uploaded video of its test firing, footage that is already stirring controversy.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 12:21pm
The fleet in the Persian Gulf is getting the navy's first laser weapon — way ahead of schedule.
Monday, March 18, 2013 - 5:12pm
You can separate an Oreo the boring way, with your tongue, or you can use an Oreo shotgun to do the trick much more violently.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 12:04pm
Weaponry mods almost always result in something particularly nasty looking, but when one tinkerer decided to create a Taser Sword he may have hit the sweet spot of dangerous and beautiful.
Monday, December 3, 2012 - 8:11pm
Earlier this year, amateur gunsmiths got together to see if they could print out some parts that could be used to construct a fully functional AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Last weekend, a 3D-printed lower receiver was tested to failure shooting real bullets, and made it through six shots before suffering what you could legitimately call a catastrophic structural failure.
Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 4:11pm
Computers are about to take humans out of the shooting equation with a scoped rifle that's far better at hitting far away targets than we are.
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 2:42pm
The EMP grenade, or electromagnetic pulse grenade, is a sci-fi gaming staple. Toss one of 'em at the nearest evil robot or uncooperative computer system, and it'll generate a power surge that fries all electronics within range. The military has realized that this would be a handy real-life capability, and the Pentagon is asking someone to go out and invent one.
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 3:06pm
We know, the fact that the largest and most powerful laser in the world is now being used for weapons research might not, at first glance, sound like a bad thing. But it is, for two reasons: first, this laser used to be trying to figure out how to make fusion happen, and second, the weapons research does not involve turning it into a laser cannon.
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 7:39am
Our official motto here at DVICE is as follows: "you can never have enough railguns." As it so often does, the U.S. Navy has followed our lead, and has acquired a second prototype railgun system for testing.
