Carlos and His Heavy Metal Toys: The Man Who Built a 20-Foot Flamethrowing Exoskeleton
Posted by Motherboard on Wednesday, Dec 09, 2009
Mention Wasilla, Alaska, and presidential also-ran Sarah Palin leaps to mind like a caribou. But the southern Alaskan town’s more animated, engaging, and intelligent invention is easily a 20-foot-tall robotic mecha robot with flamethrowers for hands.
Look into the heart of this wire-wound, rust-streaked, red-metal exoskeleton and you’ll find its brain: the mild-mannered amateur inventor Carlos Owens, founder of Neogentronyx. When this former Air Force engineer and steelworker isn’t manning his one-ton, $25,000 hydraulic robot—equal parts Gigantor, Aliens, Starship Troopers—Carlos is tinkering with his other sci-fi-anime-inspired dream machines: a Hover Bike and a Sky Bike. They don’t really work right now, but we’re optimistic for a future launch if Carlos is.
Motherboard sent Thomas Morton out to talk to Carlos about his “Star-” inspirations, learn all about his blueprint development process, and to find out why it was he built his infamous “Big Red” in the first place. (Short and long answer: “Because I could.”)
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Rominel 8 months ago
He should get an enormous amount of funding to head his own experimental program. ASAP.
Philpear91 8 months ago
Thats the guy that did Balls Deep for Vice
sssss 8 months ago
carlos is cooool
petrogradso_be_it 8 months ago
this is way awesome and scary looking
Mason 8 months ago
hahahaha, no shoes in the house.
pastalex 8 months ago
Can't wait til Palin gets a hold of this. Look out, 2012.
vvtempo 8 months ago
Whoa, no way I like that idea! Russ www.web-anonymity.se.tc
Orion 8 months ago
Just so happens that the only black man in Alaska is also the state's most awesome citizen?? What are the odds?
petrogradso_be_it 8 months ago
not that surprising !
nerdvana 8 months ago
there is a man building TRANSFORMERS in alaska?!!! sh#t. everyone grab your survival kits and head to the basement. the end of the world is near!!!!!
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