In-theater tinkering leads to new ammo system

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10-17-2011, 17:45
Hoosier

In-theater tinkering leads to new ammo system

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/17/pre...n-afghanistan/

http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpr...pg?w=640&h=356

Keep your M240 happy

H.
10-17-2011, 17:50
StagLefty

Great article. Leave it to the American soldier !!! [Beer]
10-17-2011, 18:02
akguy1985

That is freaking neat. Smooth thinking.
10-17-2011, 19:07
mevshooter

Man, I would get in SO much trouble at Metro...

Worth it.
10-17-2011, 19:12
Byte Stryke

Pure American WIN
10-17-2011, 19:48
blacklabel

That's flippin' sweet. Necessity is truly the mother of invention.
10-17-2011, 20:13
DD977GM2

I definatly want one damnit [M2]
10-17-2011, 20:47
patrick0685

that is pretty sweet
10-17-2011, 21:58
AirbornePathogen

If it helps keep some troops alive, I'm all for it. Hooah!
10-17-2011, 22:35
sniper7

now if only I could get the gun!
10-18-2011, 08:03
68Charger

A rarity...

Something good was inspired by Hollywood...
I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day
10-18-2011, 08:29
Inconel710

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.
10-18-2011, 08:45
Hoosier

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68Charger

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.
10-18-2011, 08:49
Zundfolge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

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.
10-18-2011, 09:03
68Charger

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

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?
10-18-2011, 09:09
The Rat

It's been done already: http://soldiersystems.net/2011/10/18...efense-budget/
10-18-2011, 09:19
Zundfolge

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68Charger

how is Isaac Asimov related to Hollywood?

Hollyweird writers have been stealing from him for ages.
10-18-2011, 09:51
Hoosier

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68Charger

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.
10-18-2011, 10:07
Zundfolge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

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, 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).
10-18-2011, 10:15
ThunderSquirrel

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.