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Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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January 2nd, 2014 1

Drake Anthony, perhaps better known as “the DIY Laser Guy” on YouTube, and his most terrifying creation yet. Modifying an Attacknid—a pretty cool toy that had only one thing wrong with it, “…it needs more death ray lasers”—he created a remote controlled death ray robot using a 2W laser diode.

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