Life-size Lego assault rifle really worksBrickin' it? We've seen all sorts of gadgets built from Lego and this wouldn't be the first piece of artillery either. However, this life-sized Gears of War assault rifle replica is far too impressive to ignore. Construction chief Plum B is the artist behind the Lancer Assault Rifle, which fires rubber bands in both semi and fully automatic modes. Not only does the gun present a slide-in magazine system and slicker cock-action than a night at the Playboy mansion, it features a built-in Lego chainsaw too, which can be fired up should the 'laccy ammo run low. Quite a spectacular build to say the least. Check out the Gears of War gat in action: If you'd like to learn how to make your own Lego firearms, check out Martin Hüdepohl's step-by-step guide, Badass Lego Guns. Only if you're gangster enough, of course. Continuous lifecycle London 2017 event. DevOps, continuous delivery and containerisation. More from The Register
Installing disks is basically LEGO, right? This admin failed LEGOLEGO's computing future and its ground-breaking past New kid on the blocks: Lego Worlds game challenges Minecraft What wedding cake would an engineer make? This goldfish and its steerable robot tank will destroy humanity Space fans eye launch of Lego Saturn V GDPR: Centralise Unstructured Data Governance across On-Premises and Cloud Accelerating compliance and the API economy with open banking and PSD2 Understanding the depth of the global ransomware problem Scality RING organic storage security white paperIt could be the biggest bargain on the property market: a two-storey house that’s being given away for nothing. The only drawback is that this des res is made entirely out of Lego – and you’ll have to find somewhere to put it.Top Gear presenter James May has just built the world’s first full-size Lego house – including a working toilet, hot shower and a very uncomfortable bed – using 3.3million plastic bricks.
Toy storeys: James May and 1,000 helpers built the 20ft-tall Lego house on a wine estate in Surrey Stripe me: A close up of the fully functional house, which was built using 3.3million differently coloured bricks About 1,000 volunteers built the 20ft-tall house in Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey – but now the vineyard needs the land back toIf no one collects it by 8am on Tuesday, it will be hacked to bits with chainsaws. May says Legoland reneged on a deal to take it to their theme park in Windsor, Berkshire, after deciding it would be too expensive to move. Meanwhile, miffed Legoland managers criticised May for building the house without their help.May said: ‘I’m very unhappy about it. I feel as if I’m having my arm twisted into saying “knock it down”. Blocked sink: The bathroom with a working taps and basin made from Lego Cosy: James in the bedroom - and you'll never guess what he made the bed, pillows and slippers from!
Purrfect: The home even comes with its own cat ‘Legoland only told us on Thursday they were not going to take it. Block head: The TV presenter built the house for his forthcoming BBC show, James May Toy Stories 'Knocking it down is just wrong on every level. really lovely thing – it would break the hearts of the 1,000 people who worked like dogs to build it.’ May believes that an art gallery, a children’s home or a wealthy private collector might be interested in the house. entrepreneurs hoping to make money from it would face legal problems as Legoland has an exclusive licence to use the plastic bricks as a public Lego has also banned May from dismantling the structure and giving away the bricks, which the company donated for his forthcoming BBC show James May’s Toy Stories. ‘It would dilute Lego’s sales – we can only give them to charity,’ May said. May slept in the house on Friday night, on ‘the most uncomfortable bed I’ve ever slept in’ – when
he also discovered the house was not waterproof. Martin Williams, marketing director of Legoland Windsor, said: ‘We’re disappointed we were not consulted as our model-makers could have advised on building a movable structure. ‘In our opinion, the only way to move the Lego house now is to cut into it, which would compromise the structural integrity and present us with Plastic fantastic: James in the multi-coloured hallway Building blocks: James even used Lego to make kitchen utensils, including a toaster, whisk, bread bin and iron Daily Block: The home, which is unwanted by Legoland, also includes reading material 'We considered all the options but due to timings, logistics and planning permission, we have decided it would not be viable to move the structure to the park.’Earlier this year the TV presenter made his debut in the Chelsea Flower show with a garden made entirely out of plasticine. in Plasticine boasted palm trees, bushes, a vegetable patch, grapevine,
lawn, rockery and pond and featured two and a half tonnes of plasticine in 24 different colours.The 46-year-old claimed his effort is the biggest and most complex plasticine model ever made. He produced the the garden as part of his BBC 2 series James May's Toy Stories, where he aimed to 'get kids out of their bedrooms and away from their Playstations'. Bright idea: James stares through a multi-coloured window as light pours in the homeTHE BEST PROP MONEY NEW STYLE $100 $10,000 Full Print Stack for Movie, TV, VideoInfinity GunIt'S LegoLego MinecraftLego GunsGun CloseBricks NeededGuns WorkFunny LegoFunny GamingForwardLego gun. I need the plans to build this, then it's off to legoland to buy all the bricks needed!How many times have you battled a tape measure to try and figure out a if new piece of furniture will actually fit in your living room? With the ProtoPiper—a heavily upgraded tape gun—you can quickly build a full-scale mockup of almost any object and know for sure how big it will be.
Developed by a team of researchers at the Human Computer Interaction lab at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut, the ProtoPiper is similar to a 3D printer in that it lets you build prototypes for testing purposes. But unlike a 3D printer, it’s able to do it in minutes, not hours, because it doesn’t worry about all the minute details. The ProtoPiper was designed and engineered to recreate the wireframe models you usually see in 3D modeling software, but at a much larger scale than seen on a computer screen. Instead of layers of melted plastic, it turns rolls of adhesive tape into strong but lightweight hollow plastic tubes that serve as building blocks for creating the life-size prototypes.Working with custom software, the ProtoPiper automatically draws tape from a roll, shapes and seals it into a sturdy tube, cuts it to the appropriate length, and even creates wings on either end so the pieces can be easily stuck together and assembled into a larger object. Think of it as Lego on demand.