Some crafty DIYer made this awesome Star Trek inspired phaser in his garage, or perhaps he attached a carefully tweaked laser pointer to a toy phaser.
Regardless of how it came into existence it pops balloons without burning a hole in the wall, it's capable of causing massive eye damage and makes a really cool noise.
And I guarantee you'll be looking for this guy and his phaser thingy when the balloon armies begin taking over the Earth. Set phasers to pew-pew-pop!
--via BoingBoing