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🛠 $96 3D-printed manpads rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor and piano wire

Its called Project Canard.

It integrates with distributed camera nodes to triangulate airborne targets and update flight paths in real-time.

It proves the barrier to advanced hardware has completely collapsed, moving precision weapons from defense labs to consumer garages.

The entire launcher and interceptor frame is 3D printed in PLA and runs off a standard off-the-shelf ESP32 microcontroller.

It even spins up a local Wi-Fi network so you can monitor live telemetry and arm the system directly from your laptop.

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