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Steampunk? Try “Constructionpunk”!

These guys put together the “Robopault”, a catapault using a giant robotic arm to sling bowling balls quite a distance with fairly high accuracy:

http://www.manapotions.com/robopult.html

I know, it’s a bit old (I found this in January, and kept forgetting to post it), but anyone who hasn’t seen this should see it. It’s the steampunk “build it yourself ethos” applied to construction equipment.

J.Ja

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  1. April 29th, 2008 at 16:34 | #1

    These guys have _way_ too much time on their hands. :)

  2. April 29th, 2008 at 18:31 | #2

    I *dream* of having this much free time!

    J.Ja

  3. April 30th, 2008 at 00:34 | #3

    good to have you back online!

  4. April 30th, 2008 at 01:04 | #4

    Thanks! Unlike George, I never left, unless, of course, you thought this was George. I’m Justin James, his co-blogger here.

    J.Ja

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