Man Builds 80,000 Volt Thor’s Hammer

“It’s high voltage you cant shake the shock/Because nobody wants it to stop, check it out.”

Linkin Park’s High Voltage, anyone? Well, at least one man might want to consider adopting it as his theme song thanks to this DIY Thor Hammer project. Caleb from Hackaday managed to build an 80,000 volt Thor Hammer out of tesla coil and foam. As you’ll see in the video, it’s even capable of lighting up a light bulb.

It’s so cool, he might as well master “numerology and big bang theology.”

Seriously, man, High Voltage is a great song.

[Geekologie]

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A Realistic “Transformers” Costume

This ‘Bolt’ Transformers costume is probably more than meets the eye. Sorry, couldn’t resist. The video and costume come courtesy of Marksprojects who said that it features:

“… moving eyes, working light-up and smoke thrusters to moving mouth piece with voice amplifier to remote control arms with moving features in the arms as well as insane level detailing and transformers movie esthetics.. this is the best piece i have ever done and really proud of the end result.”

Take a look at the video and judge for yourself.

[Geekologie]

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Bionic Iron Man Armor

If you’d like to really impress other moviegoers while in line to see Iron Man 3 on May 3rd, then you might want to check out this video.

The video from Instructable shows off a repulsor that’s powered by your muscles. No, you won’t actually blast someone into a new comic continuity, but what it will do is light up and make the sound effect. Basically. you flex your forearm muscle to charge it up, and relax it to “fire a blast.” Also as a bonus, when you turn it on, J.A.R.V.I.S’s voice takes you through the boot up and calibration sequence.

If you’d like to build your own click here.

[Adafruit]

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Moving GLaDOS Lamp

The power of fandom brings to us an amazing replica of GLaDOS from Portal. Not only does it have the form down, but it also has function.

If you have the time and the means, you can make this yourself. You can find the 3D files at Thingiverse and the assembly instructions at Instructables.

[TDW]

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Functional Laser-Shooting “Iron Man” Gauntlet

It looks like Patrick Priebe is at least one hand closer to building his own Iron Man suit. The video above, shows an Iron Man Gauntlet that does actually shoot lasers.

According to Priebe, specifics on the gauntlet are:

“Full metal gauntlet, runs on 1x 18650 plus 2x 14500 Li Ion cells.

2 blue lasers on board, 1.2W each, plus 2 4mW for aiming.”

Check it out.

[Geek Tyrant]

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Seriously Amazing LEGO Porsche 911 

We’ve all seen some spectacular LEGO creations, but I think this one takes the cake. Don’t be deceived by the simple look of the replica. The original work is not only motorized, but comes FULLY FUNCTIONAL— locking doors, retracting hardtop, and 7-speed transmission with reverse, just to name a few. The builder painstakingly replicated attributes of a real Porsche 911, from a unibody chassis to its weight ratio. The car also has a remote control completely built out of LEGO.

It really is a sight to see. Honestly, I thought 7 minutes wasn’t enough. Shots can be seen on the builder’s personal blog here. Note: Site is in Spanish

[Tech Blog]