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Hoosier
10-17-2011, 17:45
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/17/predator-inspired-ammo-backpack-cobbled-together-by-soldiers-in-afghanistan/

http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/size0.jpg?w=640&h=356

Keep your M240 happy

H.
StagLefty
10-17-2011, 17:50
Great article. Leave it to the American soldier !!! [Beer]
akguy1985
10-17-2011, 18:02
That is freaking neat. Smooth thinking.
mevshooter
10-17-2011, 19:07
Man, I would get in SO much trouble at Metro...



Worth it.
Byte Stryke
10-17-2011, 19:12
Pure American WIN
blacklabel
10-17-2011, 19:48
That's flippin' sweet. Necessity is truly the mother of invention.
DD977GM2
10-17-2011, 20:13
I definatly want one damnit [M2]
patrick0685
10-17-2011, 20:47
that is pretty sweet
AirbornePathogen
10-17-2011, 21:58
If it helps keep some troops alive, I'm all for it. Hooah!
sniper7
10-17-2011, 22:35
now if only I could get the gun!
68Charger
10-18-2011, 08:03
Something good was inspired by Hollywood...
I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day
Inconel710
10-18-2011, 08:29
Damn! I just saw that on Gizmodo and Hoser beat me to it! It's American ingenuity like this that helped us win WWII and it's great see that tradition is still alive.
Hoosier
10-18-2011, 08:45
Something good was inspired by Hollywood...
I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day

Lots of awesome is inspired by Hollywood, books, comics, all forms of fiction.

Hell Isaac Asimov may yet prove to be the worlds best fortune teller.

H.
Zundfolge
10-18-2011, 08:49
Hell Isaac Asimov may yet prove to be the worlds best fortune teller.
Unfortunatelynot the best ... Orwell and Rand were more spot on :p



Actually I'm amazed how much stuff Edgar Rice Borroughs predicted.
68Charger
10-18-2011, 09:03
Lots of awesome is inspired by Hollywood, books, comics, all forms of fiction.

Hell Isaac Asimov may yet prove to be the worlds best fortune teller.

H.

most of the time, it is the other way around- books, comics inspire Hollywood. how is Isaac Asimov related to Hollywood?
The Rat
10-18-2011, 09:09
It's been done already: http://soldiersystems.net/2011/10/18/stuff-like-this-makes-it-hard-to-justify-the-defense-budget/
Zundfolge
10-18-2011, 09:19
how is Isaac Asimov related to Hollywood?
Hollyweird writers have been stealing from him for ages.
Hoosier
10-18-2011, 09:51
most of the time, it is the other way around- books, comics inspire Hollywood. how is Isaac Asimov related to Hollywood?

Hollywood is just one outlet for Fiction at large, which is why I listed other mediums... I can think of only one Isaac Asimov book to be turned into a movie recently, "I, Robot". Don't think it did very well in theatres, but I liked it... the world, if nothing else.

And yes, very frequently movies source their material on other stuff. Kids toys too...

H.
Zundfolge
10-18-2011, 10:07
I can think of only one Isaac Asimov book to be turned into a movie recently, "I, Robot".
In addition to what's listed on IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001920/), there's several of his concepts that were stolen by other writers and used in movies.

Plus I think there's talk of making Foundation into an Avatar like 3d cartoon (which will either be awesome or really really really suck).
ThunderSquirrel
10-18-2011, 10:15
I guess my inner nerd is showing through on this one because the first thing I thought of when I saw this was Warhammer 40k.