The 21 Coolest Things We Saw at Maker Faire 2018

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Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower

This outrageously perfect wrist-mounted flamethrower is the third version from a pyro-genius. It took four years for Stephen Hawes to make this spectacle, which uses a camping propane tank, a modified taser as an ignition, and a custom circuit board. It may not be the safest wearable, but it's guaranteed to make you look tougher than anyone wearing Google Glass.

Scharon Harding
Scharon Harding

Scharon Harding has a special affinity for gaming peripherals (especially monitors), laptops and virtual reality. Previously, she covered business technology, including hardware, software, cyber security, cloud and other IT happenings, at Channelnomics, with bylines at CRN UK.
4 Comments Comment from the forums
  • hotaru251
    I can just see lawsuits by LEGO...
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  • Bluemax
    Lego's patent ended so its fair game now for others
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  • milkod2001
    I really like Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower. Should have been used on guy who enabled video auto-play here.
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  • Bluemax
    I agree that the wrist-mounted flamethrower is pretty neat. I showed some of my students a few of these Maker Fair concepts and they became completely caught by dreaming up ideas of their own.
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