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Stick bomb
- gwern 13y agoSo that is what those are called!
- mapleoin 13y agoYou mean xyloexplosives?
- steerj92 13y agoMade these a few years ago, so much fun. Great physical hack!
- Jxnathan 13y agoWhy is this on HN? Somebody help me out here.
- richardlblair 13y agoMy thoughts exactly. I was making these... when I was 5. WTH??
- TeMPOraL 13y agoBecause it's a nice physical hack. I personally haven't seen it before. Also, because some people (myself included) upvoted it.
- danielweber 13y agoI have never seen these before. It is nice to see things other hackers consider perfectly normal part of growing up that I completely missed.
- Xylakant 13y agoBecause somebody posted it and others found it curious and interesting - among them me. I didn't upvote it, but I found the potential explosion velocity surprising. It may not be of interest to you, but hey, I usually ignore like 50% of the HN homepage right away since I don't care about them. However, I don't go run around and post "why is this on HN?" in those threads.
- fit2rule 13y agoThe stickbomb is an interesting device, because it is entirely mathematical, and is thus a great hack because normally, you're using a tongue depressor to .. do depressor'y things ... And by the way .. You are reading Hacker News.
- zhng 13y agoBecause this video perhaps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvQ9InhEKu0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvQ9InhEKu0
- fjcaetano 13y agothis is awesome!
- maxmcd 13y agoNever thought I'd be sharing an A-Trak video on HN, but there's a nice implementation of these in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GbYR5Aud4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GbYR5Aud4Y
- chucknelson 13y agoI assume you're referencing this part of the video at 3:20? http://youtu.be/_GbYR5Aud4Y?t=3m20s http://youtu.be/_GbYR5Aud4Y?t=3m20s
- andrewflnr 13y ago3:45 or so is pretty cool too.
- deletes 13y agoI saw some good places where cuts might be made, I doubt the entire video in one pure take. A behind the scenes video would be great.
- brianzelip 13y agoHere is the behind the scenes video of that cool ass A-Trak video for 'Tuna Melt': http://youtu.be/fwTOxGKlHvo http://youtu.be/fwTOxGKlHvo
- deletes 13y agoCreators confirmed in the comments that is was stitched together from many takes. When I watched it again, cuts became pretty obvious.
- laumars 13y agoPersonally I wish they used multiple cameras because I found the running up and down stairs bits to be a little awkward to follow. However this is only a minor criticism as it was a really cool video and far better than anything I could have done.
- qwerta 13y agoGreat, now TSA will take away my sticks.
- freshyill 13y agoMy toddler's favorite toy is a huge box of craft sticks. Now it will be my favorite toy as well.
- ambrop7 13y agoCan't be done with lego technic bricks. http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=67816 http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=67816
- awj 13y agoWhen I was a kid I would make something similar out of a (partially) unfolded paperclip. Seeing it on youtube makes it seem much less amusing than I remember. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKaR8cxS4Y4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKaR8cxS4Y4
- dasil003 13y agoI used to do those as well, but without making the ends parallel, just hooking the tips together. To set it off I'd drop it parallel to the plane of the clip instead of on the edge. The goal was to hit the ceiling. One time I actually got it to stick into the fibrous ceiling tile. The challenge of maximizing the force was what made it fun.
- cyanbane 13y agoIs there a nomenclature around the patterns used? Anyone got a good site?
- ceejayoz 13y agoGreat, now popsicle sticks will get you in trouble at TSA checkpoints.
- jgrahamc 13y agoNow I know what I'm doing tonight.
- maaarghk 13y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWxU3jXOFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWxU3jXOFc is cool
- LeonM 13y agoWhile we are at it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7RaPRmxY5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7RaPRmxY5I This clip must have taken ages to set up, film and reset... Very well done!
- valleyman 13y agophysics is so cool sometimes
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoWhen the kids were into crafts, I made one of these for fun - never saw it before, just tried to weave them together with the minimum of sticks. There is a 4-stick 'airplane' possible; the article shows the easier 5-stick version. So I think its useless to try to find the 'inventor'; endless people have independently discovered this novelty.
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- Moulde 13y agoHow the hell did i never know about these? So cool! :) Just stumbled upon the SUBARU radio controlled car video an hour ago.
- PavlovsCat 13y agogood tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lTmFXOkcOc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lTmFXOkcOc
- larkinrichards 13y agoThe pitch is easy: "Xyloexplosives -- like dominos, but made with tongue depressors."
- franklinho 13y agoAnd a cooler name.
- mehmedrecip 13y agoBefore you know it, the TSA will ban popsicle sticks.
- fit2rule 13y agoOne of the most pleasant web pages I've read on the Internet in a long time: http://lunatim.com/kinart/stickhistory.htm http://lunatim.com/kinart/stickhistory.htm I even get an earworm from some of the videos .. ;)
- eps 13y agoThat's PhD-grade dedication, right there.
- err4nt 13y agoThat's was like a step back in time! I wish more web content was awesome and provoking like that
- dec0dedab0de 13y agoIt was so gradual that I didnt notice when this style of webpage disappeared.
- InclinedPlane 13y agoIt's still out there, it's just drowning in a sea of linkbait, lazy reportage, even lazier "curation", and other bullshit.
- mvanvoorden 13y agoI just spent way over an hour reading the website and watching videos about stick bombs :o
- mholt 13y agoA common variation is Cobra Chains or Cobra Weaves. Actually made one today for a college class (go figure?) ...
- ScottWhigham 13y agoI know what my 10yo and 5yo boys will be doing over Spring Break next week: http://www.amazon.com/Chenille-Kraft-Natural-Sticks-3776-01/dp/B001GXD6BU/ref=cm_rdp_product http://www.amazon.com/Chenille-Kraft-Natural-Sticks-3776-01/...
- just2n 13y agoThis kind of stuff reminds me of these as a child: http://www.amazon.com/1-5-inch-Rubber-Poppers-Pack/dp/B002R236SM http://www.amazon.com/1-5-inch-Rubber-Poppers-Pack/dp/B002R2... The memories.
- joshschreuder 13y agoI bought some of those about a year ago... not sure if the nostalgia's worn off, but the quality of the bounce just doesn't seem as good as it was when I was a kid.
- spencerp 13y agoOh my god, I used to make these things as a kid! We had a popsicle-stick building contest and while we were waiting for the glue to dry we'd make these and throw them at the other kids' bridges. I had no idea they were actually a "thing". Thank you for posting, brings back memories.
- medwezys 13y agoIt can be as fast as a subaru http://giffare.com/gifs/32799-rc-subaru-wrx-races-a-stick-bomb http://giffare.com/gifs/32799-rc-subaru-wrx-races-a-stick-bo...
- futurist 13y agoHow do you set a stick bomb off? Is there a particular way?
- WickyNilliams 13y agoAs a kid in the 80s, I used to make these kind of structures out of old lollipop sticks you'd find around the streets in summer time. Would make into 7-8 sticks into a kind of star of david shape, which was excellent for a) throwing like a frisbee b) exploding on impact. Simple times! No idea who taught me how, or what they were referred to, but boy did I have fun
- seestheday 13y agoThis is awesome. I know what I'm doing with my four year old this weekend. I have been building the triangle bombs with him with paint stir sticks and he loves them.