While everybody might have a different definition of “being cool”, but you have to admit that having an animatronic fire-breathing dragon pretty much allows you to consider yourself cool. Two high school students have come up with Saphira, the animatronic cool machine that we mentioned. It’s a good 8-feet tall, made from steel and aluminum, controlled using a flight simulator joystick hooked up to a laptop. Of course, let’s not forget the magic that makes your neighbor’s dog shudder in fear – the propane tank hooked up to the dragon’s mouth so that it will breathe fire. Now if only it would fly…
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