Batmans Gadgets
So you are probably all familiar with that funny tall guy who dresses like a mammal, right? You know the one, with a pointed-ears hat, black cape, who jumps off buildings as a regular job. Oh, and he fights crime also in a city called Gotham City. As most of us grew reading comic books or watching cartoons starring the Batman, everybody was at least once fascinated by the cool gadgets that he has. Some said they are all pure fiction, some tried to actually invent them during the superhero's history, and some almost made it. But most of us keep on dreaming on having at least one of his gadgets once in their lifetime.
Also known as The Dark Knight or The Caped Crusader, Batman used his history some of the most discussed gizmos, found at the edge between fiction and reality. But what are his trademarks, the things that we immediately associate with the Gotham City hero?
The Batsuit
Batman is universally known because of the suit he wears. This suit has gone from a tailored pair of gray tights, to a full-body rubber suit, to a high-tech, custom designed set of combat armor. The suit is capable of deflecting gunshots so long as they aren't direct shots and also protects him from wounds or some direct attacks.
The Batmobile
Batman's sweet ride. The Batmobile has evolved a ton from the 1966 Lincoln Futura-inspired roadster Batman and Robin zipped around in, becoming more sleek and sinister for Tim Burton's Batman movies, and imposing for Batman Begins. The closest gadget found at the edge between fiction and possible, the Batmobile is probably the car one will always associate with Batman, becoming a sort of trade mark for him. As we are talking about a super-dupper car with awesome characteristics featuring an astonishing speed and guns all over, engineers across the Globe have been obsessed with re-creating the fiction automobile and trying to make it suitable for ordinary people. Good thing so far they have only created Ferraris and Lambos.
The Batarang
And because no ordinary Batman could go on a fight without a bat-shaped boomerang, they called it the Batarang. Batman's metal bat-shaped boomerang has come in hand in many ways: with a line attached to it for scaling walls, as an explosive, or as a boomerang with an electric charge, just to name a few. His fancier batarangs such as the exploding variety haven't really been explored here in the real world, though maybe the idea of taping a grenade to a throwing knife just hasn't appeal to many sane people.
The Grapple Gun
It first hit the silver screen in 1989's Batman, being a spear-tipped, spring-loaded projectile. Ever since its appearance it racked oh, so many brains more than the global warming problem. Though one might thing that the idea of tossing up a hook trailing a line seems simple enough -well, it's not! But here's the good news: if you have a proper weight, people from MythBusters have proved it is possible. But just don't go across the block trying that with your ordinary fish hook and teeth floss, because it might just not work...
