Ok, we’re not talking The Last Starfighter yet… but apparently the remotely operated guns popular with the US Army are best used by gamers who have the training in shooting stuff onscreen.

It all sounds rather crazy and I certainly wouldn’t want to be a civilian around one of those things… crikey.

If you are looking for a way to cycle safely at night and get amazing geek street cred, check out this project for LED wheel lights that make an animated image. You can even buy a kit to make your own easily. Now if only I actually had somewhere to keep a bike.

Perfect for any Bond Villain’s Lair – how to make giant metal globes! Ok, it’s a bit advanced but then nobody said it was easy to be a super-villain.

An excellent addition to any desktop robot collection is this mini musical turtle robot from Japan!

Combine some LEDs and sticky stuff and you get an LED “Throwie”.

Make a whole bunch of them, grab some friends and a video camera and you get this video. Looks like a lot of fun!

So dumb that they will accept a fake pornographic 600 euro note and give change! Oh dear.

Story from Ananova.com via Bruce Schneier’s Security Blog.