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A happy young man in a crumpled shirt and a wrinkled tie challenged him and said, "Can I make some fully automatic Edelmann alloy (the Wolverine material) claws?" ”

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This is a strange question for some people, but it's normal for fans of men comic books and movies. Soon, with the sound of the electric guitar, he carried his shoulders and leather two homemade metal devices to his arm and ran around in a studio. He raised his fist against the camera, and sure enough, six sharp metal claws were bouncing out of his hand: he was Wolverine!

The above may be a milder scenario in a series of videos produced by Colin Furze. Colin Furze, a garage inventor at Stanford, is not afraid to die. More than 500,000 people on Youtube subscribe to his video, which is the driving force (sometimes dangerous) of Mr Furze's inventions-the backyard invention, he invented the world's longest scooter and a motorcycle that could fire from behind (a motorcycle that caused him to be detained). The world's longest scooter motorcycle

Although Mr Furze is addicted to this technical stunt, he is not a certified engineer. In fact, he didn't even finish school, and he dropped out of school as a plumber at the age of 16.

He said that when he and his parents lived together, he tried metal processing, but did not have the resources to test the limits of his imagination.

"My father had a messy hut, but I couldn't get in, so I thought I'd have to do it in my bedroom," Mr. Furze said. I mean, there was a time when I had a machine in my bedroom, but that was a bad idea, really. ”

Since his father's death in 2007, Mr Furze has taken over the hut-and a series of power tools. Soon after, he rebuilt his bike and motor, and photographed the whole process.

Since then, his invention has helped him set 5 Guinness World Records, one of which is the fastest electric vehicle (it is equipped with the 1977 CR125 engine with a maximum speed of 82.5 mph, or 132770.88 meters).

But his latest project, "Using the power of the superhero X-Men", made him a Youtube star.

"Sometimes you get the idea from a movie, ' Is it not a great thing to have something like that or do something like that? '" he said. ' Back into the future of the floating skateboard and time travel, the claws and powers inside the X-Men. ”

Besides the retractable claws of Wolverine, he also created the power of the fire man. He designed a wrist that could spray flames, just by pressing two switches near his wrist. A wrist guard controls the propane gas tank inside the shoulder bag, and the other as a semaphore, which can spray a 12-foot-long flame.

In order to make Wolverine claws, Mr. Furze said, most of the process was tested and then corrected, and the stainless steel blades were placed on his arm just to find the best position. In order for them to reach out and retract, he created a valve system that was connected to an air tank inside a backpack, and when he clenched his fist and folded the button in his palm, the valve system compressed the air and pushed the claws smoothly out of the metal cartridge or pulled back.

In his most recent X-Man campaign against gravity, Mr. Furze a "magnetic shoe"--the magnetic boots he used to walk on the ceiling of the workshop. He found some old microwave ovens from the scrap factory, dismantled their electromagnetic coils and gave them power to boost the electromagnetic force, allowing the electromagnet to withstand the gravity of his body. Then he used leather to tie the electromagnet to a pair of old sneakers--and he soon hung up like a bat on the steel bars of the ceiling.

Mr Furze's critics also supported him, and some complained that his inventions were too dangerous to be tried by everyone. But, he says, in any case, the response from beginners and engineers in this field is optimistic.

"Is there any potential danger to his claws," said Caleb Kraft, a community editor at the "Love of Production" (a magazine focused on do-it-yourself craftsmanship)? Of course. But they are also quite remarkable. To the unsuspecting onlookers, he is not at all outdated, and he will not use this paw to do anything dangerous. In short, these claws are less dangerous than changing car tires or cutting grass. ”

For Mr Furze, the focus is only to encourage onlookers who have not yet discovered their own creative potential.

"If you ask someone, ' Do you want to be a magnet? '" Mr. Furze said. ' They might say, ' No, I'm not very interested in that. But if you ask someone, ' Do you want to do some magnetic shoes and walk backwards? ' More people will say, ' Of course, that sounds cool. ’”