Flashlight with the Power to Light Fires!

Posted by Brian Leahy - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:12 AM

Yeah, I guess your flashlight is good for lighting up dark rooms and seeing during an emergency... but can it SET THINGS ON FIRE?!

This one can!

The Torch will last about 15 minutes on batteries and set numerous things on fire, including your friends. Don't do that, though.

Video after the cut.

Engadget: The Torch flashlight: why illuminate when you can incinerate?

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Posted by anonomousperson - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:30 AM

Next thing will be "laser" guns.

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Posted by nyadt - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:46 AM

kick-@$$! I want one! :D

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Posted by altizar - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:29 AM

I'd have to call this an Epic Fail as a "flashlight", but an Epic Success as a First Generation Laser Gun.

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Posted by GreenQuadrant - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:44 AM

That's awesome. Just a little more power and you got yourself a lightsaber.

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Posted by SonicNiGHT - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:15 PM

Damn you Skynet...

If you want a lightsaber, you need to have the beam stop at a specific point with an object...the only realistic Lightsaber that I've seen is the one from No More Heroes, where there's a rod with a cap at one end to stop the laser from expanding exponentially.

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Posted by fanboy07 - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:48 PM

thats freaken sweet!! :0

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Posted by Sonic9jct - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:13 PM

Some kid's gonna get that and set things on fire outside from his bedroom window...

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Posted by ps3owna60gig - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:24 PM

mad now i can flame people wit a flashlight
wen the hell does home relese 4 the ps3

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Posted by ps3owna60gig - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:26 PM

wow i wonder if they sell them on ebay

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Posted by hetman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:11 PM

I agree some kid is going to blind his little sister or himself or some random person. And then the parents are going to sue the company. And the parents are going to be like. "will we are mentally retarded and didnt realize that a flash light that could start fires was not appropriate for children. Give me cash laser company. etc." And then im going to be angry and be like how come parents cannot raise kids anymore.

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Posted by yoshiarecool - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:21 PM

Get that light out of... HOLY S%&* I'M ON FIRE

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Posted by Lil_Jon83 - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:53 PM

Heh, when does the mp3 player flashlight that's also a cell phone come out?

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Posted by hetman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:26 PM

@lil_jon some mp3 player cell phones do have little flash like things that come on. They are usually pretty brite considering the source also.

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Posted by psychobaka - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:48 PM

Looks kinda fake...

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Posted by Jaker_the_Baker - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:42 AM

@ SonicNiGHT
They could make real lightsabers,it'd just require plasma and a bunch of magnets, which currently requires a warehouse of technology to produce. Saw it on the Discovery channel once.

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Posted by MutantEnemyMTL - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:28 AM

I misread the headline. I thought it read

"Fleshlight with the power to light fires"

Now that would be a nasty piece of technology.

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Posted by hetman - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:55 AM

When I use my light saber. I just make sure to concentrate the force at the tip of the laser and a predestined point. This force stops the light saber from expanding indefinatly. If you guys are weak in the force I recommend getting a blaster not a lightsaber.

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