I always have a thing for stuff that go loud, really loud. Unfortunately, I can't work with explosives since I am not in the military. Pyros are good alternatives but I cannot use them at most places. There are safe alternatives for use in airsoft games, and they are really good. But after watching this video from Cyalume Technologies, I was like a child who just came from a candy store --- I want them all:

Many of you would be familiar with Cyalume Technologies, as they produce the ChemLight lightsticks which are very much in use in the U.S. Military and NATO allies. Before those glowsticks became very common at parties and airsoft events, the ChemLights were pretty much the glow in the dark things that can be used in the outdoors for pretty long periods.

Since 2011, the company has been looking into training devices and focused on the non-pyrotechnic explosion simulators.  What they designed are devices that can mimic explosives for various types of scenarios such as IED attacks, suicide bombings, booby traps, and grenade attacks. All of these are safe to handle that for military and law enforcement trainers, their jobs at creating such scenarios that require some explosions just got better and safer.

But looking at those devices, we just hope that Cyalume is not focusing marketing and sales efforts to only to military organizations and also look a potential civilian tactical training purposes. In this case, airsoft game organizers and commercial security training groups can use this for their own purposes. Airsoft is a good market with more military simulation events happening almost every week and game organizers want their scenarios realistic as much as possible without sacrificing safety.

Now, if only Santa would receive my Christmas list and stuff all the big stockings that I plan to put up by chimney with all these cool toys from Cyalume. I can greet the New year with a bang and some scared-shit airsoft players.