A Face-Tracking Marshmallow Cannon Aims Straight For Your Mouth

unremarkably , you would n’t want to have a cannon aimed at your face , much less a shank that can see your face and follow it around . But a squad of mechanically skillful and electric technology students at Olin College decided to challenge that whimsey with theirmarshmallow - firing Confectionary Cannon . It ’s deserving let in this all-day sucker ’s heap .

The premise is simple : take a tubing of plastic and make a 30 PSI marshmellow cannon , then put it on a rotate tackle , lade it up with facial recognition software program , and say it to aim for the mouth . What more could you need out of lifespan than to be in the same room with this thing ?

award , the Confectionary Cannon is not voice controlled , like some popcorn cannons we ’ve seen , but it does get a pegleg - up for being incontrovertibly actual . And plainly it only be $ 250 to build . you may read more about it over onits consecrate site , but the sweetest treat is just screw it survive . [ Hack a twenty-four hours ]