fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agoTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down14cross-posted to: 3dprinting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1205arrow-down1external-linkTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: 3dprinting@lemmy.world
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 hours agoPotentially could be used for things like spreading flame-retardent powder for putting out a wildfire or similar with more precision. Would also remove the risk of a human life in firefighting so areas might be cleared quicker.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoAlready behind the times on that: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/firefighting-drones-head-to-aspen-can-they-suppress-a-blaze-before-humans-arrive/
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 hours agoCheers then, add this to the “arsenal”.
Potentially could be used for things like spreading flame-retardent powder for putting out a wildfire or similar with more precision. Would also remove the risk of a human life in firefighting so areas might be cleared quicker.
Already behind the times on that: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/firefighting-drones-head-to-aspen-can-they-suppress-a-blaze-before-humans-arrive/
Cheers then, add this to the “arsenal”.