Idle Hands.....

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-09-18 05:10pm

What's the most dangerous thing you can make with what's available at Radio Shack?

For those that don't know:

http://www.radioshack.com/

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-09-18 05:11pm

I can make a stick.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-09-18 05:11pm

Put two or three spindles of CD-Rs in a Microwave.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-09-18 06:24pm

Off the top of my head,

Remotely detonated fuel/air explosive device.

Shopping list:

A couple remote control cars
Extra large can of butane
Butane micro torch
14V RC car battery pack
Some wires, relays, batteries, and switches

Strip the remote control units out of the car and hook them up the the batteries and relays. The relay attaches to the 14V battery pack. Wires are hooked up to the battery pack to form a short circuit with a small air gap, when the relay closes you want sparks to fly across it. This is your ignition assembly.

The micro torch is fueled with butane and left pointing at the extra large butane can. When it lights the flame will heat the can until it goes boom. Place the spark gap of the ignition assembly directly in front of the torch nozzle, retire to a safe distance, and hit the remote control to activate the relay and ignite the torch. And then things go Kaboom!

For more damage you can tape or glue a bunch of small screws or other small metal parts to the butane can.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-09-18 06:28pm

Lure a bunch of people into a swimming pool and toss as many of the electric appliances possible in?

Either that or get that microcasette recorder, attach it to an RC car, and perhaps add a video camera to see where I'm going, and use it to spy on things.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-09-18 06:29pm

on a side note I had a friend in high school who was raped at a student party, and was afterwards known but never caught by school authorities, for manufacturing "Stun Sticks" for young ladies at High School and College to carry in their purses.....

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-09-18 06:33pm

Somebody set us up the bomb!

I assume you could do probably mix a bomb with a DVD player somehow and activate it from afar w/ the remote...

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-09-18 06:34pm

Which reminds me, homemade cattleprods! They have test probes which are nice pointy metal sticks with insulated handles used for testing circuits. Rewire the probes with heavy guage wires and put a plug on the end. Tape the probes together making sure the metal parts don't touch, plug it into an electrical socket and jab the pointy ends into some poor guy.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-09-18 06:38pm

HemlockGrey wrote:I assume you could do probably mix a bomb with a DVD player somehow and activate it from afar w/ the remote...

It won't be easy, DVD players and most other home electronics use IR remote controls which have limited range and rely on line of sight. If you don't have a clear sightline from the remote to the device it ain't gonna work. This is why I prefer radio controlled cars, they work around corners, walls, and have a much longer range.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-09-18 06:40pm

With enough hard drives, wires, and electrical circuity, I could make a rail gun.

Now, admittedly, I would need to get the supercooled gasses from somewhere else...

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-09-18 06:41pm

The girl in question used only parts from radio shack, and currently she works for the airforce. I worry about connecting her with MOL....

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-09-18 07:53pm

The most dangerous thing I could make from Radio Shock...

What's he heaviest thig from their that I can lift?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-09-18 09:05pm

Flying garotte.

1. Wire together two RC planes so that one controller flies both.
2. Attach razor wire between them. Razor wire made from a computer cable with razor blades stuck in it.
3. Fly wire into people.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2003-09-18 10:42pm

They sell smoke detectors. A dirty bomb could be assembled. I would say how, but it's rather obvious, and the feds watch.

edit- a remote detonator could be made by attaching the ringing speaker of a cell phone, and then calling the phone.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-09-18 10:46pm

I'd have myself a fortress of computers, cameras, and TVs. Then I'd make a cyber-catapult to fling tech stuff at my opponents! Who needs hotwired bombs and RC cars, I've got good 'ol fashion blunt hardness on my side!

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2003-09-18 11:05pm

That reminds me of something. The most dangerous thing you can buy at Radio Shack is a computer and internet access. Seriously.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-09-18 11:50pm

Seggybop wrote:They sell smoke detectors. A dirty bomb could be assembled. I would say how, but it's rather obvious, and the feds watch.

edit- a remote detonator could be made by attaching the ringing speaker of a cell phone, and then calling the phone.

There was a kid who assembled a crude nuclear reactor doing just that.

And the feds can't touch you for having publically available knowledge.