{"id":92523,"date":"2019-06-23T12:04:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T19:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/you-can-now-buy-a-practical-gauss-gun"},"modified":"2019-06-23T12:04:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T19:04:59","slug":"you-can-now-buy-a-practical-gauss-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/you-can-now-buy-a-practical-gauss-gun","title":{"rendered":"You Can Now Buy A Practical Gauss Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ZlOHUYGBGk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Occasionally we come across a piece of information which reminds us that, while flying cars are still nowhere to be found, we\u2019re definitely living in the future. Usually it\u2019s about some new application of artificial intelligence, or maybe another success in the rapidly developing field of private spaceflight. But sometimes it\u2019s when you look at a website and say to yourself: \u201cOh cool, they have 1.5kW electromagnetic accelerators in stock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/emg01_detail.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" data-attachment-id=\"316207\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2018\/07\/12\/you-can-now-buy-a-practical-gauss-gun\/emg01_detail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/emg01_detail.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"747,626\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{\u201caperture\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d credit\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d camera\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d caption\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d created_timestamp\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d copyright\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d focal_length\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d iso\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d shutter_speed\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d title\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d orientation\u201d:\u201d0\u201d}\" data-image-title=\"emg01_detail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/emg01_detail.jpg?w=400\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/you-can-now-buy-a-practical-gauss-gun2.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/you-can-now-buy-a-practical-gauss-gun2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/emg01_detail.jpg 747w, https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/emg01_detail.jpg?resize=250,210 250w, https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/emg01_detail.jpg?resize=400,335 400w, https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/emg01_detail.jpg?resize=746,625 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px)  100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><br \/> Arcflash Labs, a partnership between [David Wirth] and [Jason Murray], <a href=\"https:\/\/arcflashlabs.com\/product\/emg-01a\/\" target=\"_blank\">have put their EMG-01A Gauss gun up for sale<\/a> for anyone who\u2019s brave enough and willing to put down $1,000 USD on what\u2019s essentially a high-tech BB gun. The creators claim it obtains an efficiency of 6.5% out of its RC-style 6S LiPo battery pack, which allows it to fire over 100 rounds before needing to be recharged. Firing 4.6g steel projectiles at a rather leisurely 45 m\/s, this futuristic weapon would be more of a match for tin cans than invading alien forces, but at least you\u2019ll be blasting those cans from a position of supreme technical superiority.<\/p>\n<p>The EMG-01A builds on the work of the team\u2019s previous experiments, <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2017\/10\/14\/semi-automatic-rail-gun-is-a-laptop-killer\/\">such as the semi-automatic railgun we covered last year<\/a>. They\u2019ve made the device much smaller and lighter than their previous guns, as well as worked on making them safer and more reliable. That said, the page for the EMG-01A has a number of warnings and caveats that you won\u2019t see on the back of a Red Ryder BB gun box; it\u2019s certainly not a toy, and anyone who takes ownership of one needs to be respectful of the responsibility they\u2019re taking on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occasionally we come across a piece of information which reminds us that, while flying cars are still nowhere to be found, we\u2019re definitely living in the future. Usually it\u2019s about some new application of artificial intelligence, or maybe another success in the rapidly developing field of private spaceflight. 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