All posts tagged: Guns

MobLand stars Mandeep Dhillon and Teddie Allen on season 2: ‘It’s like Succession, but with guns’

MobLand stars Mandeep Dhillon and Teddie Allen on season 2: ‘It’s like Succession, but with guns’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add MobLand to your watchlist Mandeep, you were tied to a chair during a chainsaw killing in series one. Was that traumatic? Mandeep I was definitely up for therapy sessions after that. I’d be screaming for hours – your brain doesn’t know it’s acting when you’re tied to a chair and the chainsaw is revving. The only thing that wasn’t real was that they made the blade blunt, or it could have killed us. A few weeks later they said, “We’re doing it again, we’re going to put some Coco Pops in the blood to make it look real.” Teddie, teenager Gina’s trauma is less graphic: her dad Harry’s away killing people and she needs parental support… Teddie At that age all her bravado and being angsty is a defence mechanism against what’s going on. I think her most sad phrase is telling him to f*** off, but it’s because she feels so vulnerable and can’t really rely on him. Your brain doesn’t know it’s acting when you’re tied to a chair and a chainsaw …

Alibaba Selling High-Powered Laser Guns Advertised as “Obstacle Removers”

Alibaba Selling High-Powered Laser Guns Advertised as “Obstacle Removers”

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As the world’s de facto portal to the Chinese industrial machine, Alibaba probably doesn’t get as much credit as it should. With hundreds of thousands of sellers looking to supply their dirt-cheap wares directly to businesses, your typical entrepreneur is spoiled for choice. In the market for a military-grade diesel supply truck? They’ve got your back. Interested in an industrial gold trommel? Say no more! But where the commoditized absurdity of Alibaba really shines, in our opinion, is in its cornucopia of bizarre laser products, a massive number of which are configured to look like handguns or even flashy, space-age rifles. Although there are legitimate industrial-grade laser systems available on the conventional market, a motivated chaos enthusiast could easily get their hands on a pallet of handheld alternatives, like the pastel-colored “400W-500W handheld laser obstacle removal machine” sold on Alibaba by Shenzhen Liyang Welding Equipment Co Ltd for $885 to $1,150, depending on the model number and order …

Slash: Guns ‘n’ Roses star’s guitar to fetch up to £300,000 in music auction

Slash: Guns ‘n’ Roses star’s guitar to fetch up to £300,000 in music auction

Published by Daniella Wilson

A guitar used by Guns N’ Roses musician Slash will be heading to auction at London’s Propstore auction house in April, where it is expected to fetch between £150,000 and £300,000. Part of the Music Memorabilia Live Auction collection, the relic was played by the rock legend during the group’s Not In This Lifetime Tour back in 2016, which saw him reunite with bandmates Axl Rose and Duff McKagan for the first time in over 20 years. The iconic Gibson Les Paul Custom ‘59 has been photo-matched and signed by the man himself. The Gibson Les Paul Custom ‘59 with an estimated price tag of between £150,000 and £300,000 (PA) Elsewhere, a jacket worn by the late George Michael will also be going under the hammer. The black La Rocka leather jacket was sported by the solo artist and former Wham! star while on tour, as well as in the music video for his hit single “Faith”. It is expected to sell in the range of £60,000 and £120,000. Mark Hochman, music specialist at Propstore, …

Wait—Laser Guns Are Real Now?

Wait—Laser Guns Are Real Now?

Published by Daniella Wilson

The headlines lately have verged on science fiction. A few weeks ago, my colleague Simon Shuster reported that the Ukrainian military had unveiled a new anti-drone laser weapon called the Sunray. On the very same day, American aviation officials abruptly shut down the airspace above El Paso, Texas, after Border Patrol agents in the area fired a laser of their own. Then, on Thursday, the U.S. military used a laser to take out a drone further down the Texas-Mexico border. Much can be said about all of this: about the implications for the Ukrainian war effort, about the potential consequences for U.S. border policy, about the internecine conflict between the FAA and the Pentagon, and what that indicates about the distribution of power within the Trump administration. But focus too much on matters of geopolitics, and you can lose sight of something arguably even more profound: Laser guns are real now. Actual militaries are deploying actual lasers in actual combat. “This is a technology that has been under development for decades,” Iain Boyd, an aerospace …