Libyan Rebels Improvised Weapons

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By Adam Flaherty
Posted 2011/06/16 @ 4:00 am
Category Hacks, Robotics

This Al Jazeera shows off some of the improvised technology being developed in support of the rebel forces in Libya. Among the wares is a repurposed Power Wheels toy outfitted with a machine gun. [via /.]

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6 Responses to Libyan Rebels Improvised Weapons

haqn on June 16th, 2011 at 4:28 pm said:

Why is it that human energy and ingenuity is so easy to engage for the purpose of war? Why does war inspire so easily?

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- this guy on June 16th, 2011 at 7:56 pm said:
  
  In a word, survival.
  
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  haqn on August 12th, 2011 at 6:30 am said:
  
  And things like growing food, educating children, healing people, building houses, etc. is about something other than survival? If these things got as much ingenuity poured into them (Libya imports everything, even on a good day) as this war stuff has, Libya probably wouldn’t have had a Gadaffi to begin with.
  
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Oblomov on June 17th, 2011 at 9:41 am said:

Make: Online has a “be nice” commenting policy

But where is the policy about placing content? Isn’t there a code of conduct saying that posts about “human degut tools” or “a brain blowout tools” should not be placed?

Please do not remove this comment, remove the entire post!!
I’m disappointed in Make.

Henk

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Dan Anderson on June 17th, 2011 at 5:33 pm said:

They are in a school yard… Seems inappropriate, making a school a legitimate target.

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Tim Hartman on June 18th, 2011 at 2:02 am said:

Necessity is the mother of invention. Note to self: Put even more remote surveillance equipment on the ol’ parts shelf.

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