Rather roughshod tutorial (e.g. I think he gets his wires crossed) on adding a motion detector trigger to a paintball gun using a BASIC Stamp HomeWork board, a laser pointer and a servo.
How to build motion detect to fire a paintball gun – [via] Link

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LOL @ -6:27 CapaciTATOR!
Re: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzYdthtTuAE from TeamCynergy.com
FYI: The setup in the tutorial is correct, for those who want to set this up. The Power was mistakenly called the ground.
lol and the capacitor was mistakingly called a capacitator
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