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Pneumatic Hacks |
 | DIY Star Trek Automatic Door
Who hasn't dreamed of have a Star Trek style automatic door in their home (complete with "wooshing" noise)? Now you can build your own with the help of this DIY project and some pneumatics. The pnematic system uses an air compressor, a piston,... |
 | Superb Pneumatic Star Trek Door
Remember the automatic doors from the Star Trek TV shows? The one you always wanted in your house someday? Now you can build one yourself via this DIY pneumatically powered door tutorial. At first glance, the door appears to be normal but as the... |
 | Complex Robotic Hand Built using LEGOs
From a distance it may look like a regular robotic arm. Get close up though and you'll see this robotic claw is made entirely using LEGOs. This is no kid's project though, it's an attempt at a functional likeness of the human hand. To... |
 | Fantastic "Beer Pong" Robot uses Precision Air Pressure
Students at the University of Illinois have created a precision method of sorting different objects and shooting them across a room (perfect for beer pong). You've probably seen a similar demo in a physics classroom : a jet of compressed... |
 | The Ping Pong Gun with a Deadly Punch
You wouldn’t want to be in close range of this beastly pneumatic ping pong ball gun. A ping pong ball is hardly destructive. But filled with water and propelled by compressed air, the tiny balls become painful projectiles. How painful?... |
 | Ridiculous Giant Pneumatic Alarm Clock
Although you have to laugh at the absurd demo vid above, you still have to admire the great engineering work. The pneumatic bed shaking alarm clock is for the deepest sleepers you know. The contraption works by an air fed valve from two... |
