Remote control airsoft gun MacGyvered out of Wiimote, ioBridge, and Construx

It's the weekend, folks, and you know what that means -- time to blow off a little steam. By way of example, the folks that brought us that Wiimote coil gun a while back have returned to the scene with a little something they like to call OfficeDefender. Using the very same servo and ioBridge module as the last time, this hack finds the gun replaced with a Beretta 9mm replica airsoft gun. Also note the nice use of Construx in a non-beer or iPhone related context. If that weren't enough, this bad boy has a full-auto mode, moves 180 degrees horizontally, can be sighted with the head-mounted webcam and fired via Wiimote. We're not telling you that you can use this to hassle folks in the office come Monday, but you totally could. Videos after the break.

[Via Engadget German]

[maveric101 @ Mar 27th 2009 12:45PM]

should've used Legos. but cool nonetheless.

[samsundaram @ Mar 27th 2009 12:46PM]

Wouldn't this make assassinating world leaders a fairly easy task? Arrive a week before a schedule speaking engagement while the security is light, drop off this device attached to a real 9MM + wifi...profit?

P.S.A.: Assassinating world leaders, even when done remotely, is BAD

[Aaron @ Mar 30th 2009 1:26PM]

If you can successfully hide this guy within 25 yards of a high level world official and have it NOT get noticed by the hordes of security personnel that will be pouring over the area, kudos. But otherwise, you're gonna need somethin with a bit more range...

[omega @ Mar 27th 2009 12:49PM]

DARPA is going to be all over this one. It'll be like Ender's Game, but through a wii!

[mirilene @ Mar 27th 2009 12:58PM]

Hell yeah, construx!

I had a ton of that stuff when i was a kid!

Take that, lego!

[Ken @ Mar 27th 2009 1:38PM]

Construx!! Fucking WONDERFUL!!

[Nathan Otis @ Mar 27th 2009 1:02PM]

"It's the weekend, folks, and you know what that means -- time to blow off a little steam."

Funny thing about weekend when yer unemployed... They don't mean quite so much. 'Cept that you get to hang out with yer workin' friends.

[extinctdoughnut @ Mar 27th 2009 3:25PM]

+1 for Primus reference.

[Grey @ Mar 27th 2009 1:21PM]

Does it have an Austrian accent?

[Agent .25i @ Mar 27th 2009 1:22PM]

Lame. Would have been bettah if he took out the Beretta and started laying into his friends.
Can they not find a better more linear way to control these things? Trying to aim looks painful, and inaccurate.

[zedster @ Mar 27th 2009 1:30PM]

Bruce Wills Approves

Jack Black is scared

[extinctdoughnut @ Mar 27th 2009 3:42PM]

spall baby.

[howarchaic @ Mar 27th 2009 1:39PM]

Wow, Construx? I still have mine. Gotta love choking hazards...

[AL @ Mar 27th 2009 2:59PM]

OK. Lets fix economy

[Brian Dizon @ Mar 27th 2009 7:42PM]

Epic

[pablo_gyds03 @ Mar 27th 2009 9:46PM]

Genius!!!!