Posts Tagged ‘paintball markers’

As you may already know, woodsball is a different format for paintball gaming. It requires quite adept skills to play out in an open natural woods environment. But you can definitely have a lot of fun playing this format and develop even better skills if you joined a Woodsball League. If you are at all interested you should take [...]

Basics of Electronic Paintball Markers

Posted: 8th March 2012 by ChristineM in Paintball
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When it comes to buying paintball markers, you might not realize you have an option between electronic and mechanical paintball markers. If you are looking at electronic versions of markers, you need to have an idea of how they work. They use battery powered circuits to fire the marker.  And since circuit boards are so [...]

Paintballs To Detect Bombs??

Posted: 17th November 2011 by ChristineM in Paintball
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The Army has recently announced that they are in the market for a paintball system that will allow them to detect bombs from up to 100 meters away. They are looking to use paintball markers to shoot materials that would be able to detect the presence of  explosives, almost like the litmus tests you did [...]

Baseball season started about a week ago. What I love about spring training is it’s a symbol of the beginning of spring, a sign that those cold, short days are coming to an end, and long, warm ones are just around the corner. During spring training, especially the early parts, baseball players run a series [...]

As I’m sure many of you are aware, we often have to travel a fair bit in order to get to the premium paintball facilities. After all, not all of us have a paintball field in our backyards. For some, this paintball-commute occurs by car. For others, a flight is necessary. But for those who [...]

Play Paintball With A Robotic Arm

Posted: 11th November 2010 by EricM in Paintball
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Saw this little blurb on NPR.org this morning: “An Idaho-based company developed a new technology for controlling a robotic arm over the Internet, and it’s promoting the system for free. First it let people shoot in a paintball gallery by remote control. Now you can go online, and control a robotic arm at the Idaho [...]

As a paintball fan, this is the kind of stuff I hate to see. A teenager by the name of Matheus Carvalho was arrested in Fort Myers for fleeing police deputies, resisting officers, driving without a license, and giving false identification. The reason the police were originally looking for Carvalho? He and a friend were [...]