Build your own working home Aegis system - in Legos?

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No, not a joke:

http://jpbrown.i8.com/aegis.html

:eek:

At the moment, he's only got it hooked up to a toy gun, but quite CLEARLY the tech could be adapted to the real thing.

:cool:

Check the rest of that site for where Lego madness can go. The robotic Rubik's-cube solver is amazing and shows that the Aegis could indeed be set up for use with a real gun. You could also use scan-recognition software to "manually aquire a target" and then let the Aegis track it - which has AMAZING possibilities for firing from a car :what:.
 
Sounds like the stuff my uncle does. He loves the lego technics stuff, even though he's 50 and an engineer for lockheed (he works on the MLRV.)
 
The CIWS does that by radar, right? But this is really TINY compared to a CIWS. Heck, it's TINY compared to a lot of things. I'd like an Aegis scope.
 
I also like the skeet idea but wouldnt only get one shot since the recoil would send the unit to the moon?
 
Just give it a very heavy base and support spades, like a backhoe has and the unit will remain stationary. Having the rotating assembly that holds the shotgun stay stationary after the shot might be difficult.
Something tells me that constructing self-firing firearms, like putting a pair of SAR-1s on these and chicking a garbage can downrange a la Aliens, is already very illegal.
 
Hmmmmmm.......he's on the right track with it being an anti-squirrel device.

I could mount that sucker under protective cover on the edge of the roof, and shoot at those bad boys when they try to raid the bird feeder. :evil:

Better yet, I could just mount it on a platform underneath my bow window, between the two window supports. Aw, crap, I gotta go before I get any more ideas! :D


Of course, you do realize that it WILL be bookmarked!! LOL
 
How about using one set up with paintball guns for static defence or set it up on a remote controlled mobile platform. Paintball gaming superiority thru an escalation of fire power.:what:

Walk in to the local shop (paintball gear supplier) and tell them you would like to buy 10,000 paintballs and do you fill 100 pound air tanks?:scrutiny:

Capture the flag anyone? :neener:

I don't think a multibarrel smooth bore paintball gun, is considered a firearm (yet).

It would also be a good way to convince the bird feeder terrorist (squirrels) of the error of thier ways, plus anyone in the area is going to wonder about some of the multi color squirrels running thru the neighborhood:D
 
I just think the mindstorm model would be great for my server room at work. Put a dab of paint and have it mounted above the door. Shoot for the back of the neck to more easily identified who has had access that shouldn't.
 
This isn't the Lego we grew up with...

Replace those Lego plastic missiles with poison darts and Voila! TARS - Tactical-Antirodent System
 
That is very cool!!!
But, since thisa thing is motion sensor activated, wouldn't you be shooting the birds too,rendering the bird feeder useless? :neener:
 
I could see it now....

"But honey, there are no Squirrels in the feeder anymore and we have saved several hundred dollars in bird feed, since I put it into place":uhoh:
 
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