Page 18 - 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius

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EVIL GENIUS PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS AND RATINGS

Chapter Skill
Number Project Description Size Level
1 Coil Gun Gun that fires small lengths of nail Medium ★★★

2 Trebuchet A simple version of the medieval Small ★★
siege engine
3 Ping-Pong Ball Minigun Gun that fires ten balls per second Small ★
at 30 mph or more

4 Mini Laser Turret A model remote control laser Medium ★★★★
5 Balloon-Popping A clever bit of trickery that pops balloons Large ★★★★
Laser Gun and makes cans jump when hit by a laser

6 Touch-Activated A laser that comes on when you touch Small ★★★
Laser Sight the trigger

7 Laser-Grid Intruder Alarm A high-tech alarm that bounces laser Medium ★★★
beams between mirrors
8 Persistence-of-Vision Motorized multicolored LEDs that Large ★★★★
Display write in the air

9 Covert Radio Bug A short-range bug that uses an adapted Medium ★★★
MP3 radio transmitter

10 Laser Voice Transmitter A device that sends your voice over Large ★★★
a laser beam

11 Flash Bomb A modified single-use camera that Small ★★
flashes if it’s picked up

12 High-Brightness A powerful strobe light Medium ★★★★
LED Strobe (even an Evil Genius likes to party)
13 Levitation Machine A microcontroller-based electromagnetic Medium ★★★
suspension machine

14 Light-Seeking Microbot A tiny light-seeking robot Small ★★★★
15 Surveillance Robot An autonomous robot that roams Large ★★★★
about looking for intruders and
sounds an alarm when it finds them