Gamers May Get a Charge Out of the Gauss Rifle 98
Zothecula writes "Well, Patrick Priebe might have outdone himself with this one. In the past, the German cyberpunk weapons-maker has brought us such creations as a wrist-mounted mini-crossbow, a laser-sighted rotary-saw-blade-shooting crossbow, and a flame-throwing glove. His latest nasty futuristic device? A video game-inspired electromagnetic weapon, called the Gauss Rifle."
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TFA: Fortunately, he has no plans on developing it commercially, or on telling other people how to make one of their own.
Capacitors, em coils, pressure sensors... you pretty much already told us how to build it. Of course, anyone with an IQ above room temperature could have worked that out from the descriptions in the various games that employ similar weapons. I personally would have gone with something other than pressure sensors to trigger the next coil -- wear/tear, added drag, etc. -- but to each his own.
As far as producing it commercially? The US Navy is already working on that, thanks.
This guy has a history of making cool garage-project, working replicas, but it's nothing as innovative as all that. There's a reason soldiers are still carrying around powder-charged ammo instead of giant power packs and several pounds of coil.