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| Japanese Invent Space Based Death Ray |
| 2007-09-09 |
| The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Osaka University have been working together to develop a device which converts sunlight into laser-light with four times the efficiency of previous attempts. According to a report out of Tokyo, the team is working on Space-based solar power systems which can collect sunlight in space and convert it into laser light, which is then transmitted to Earth and used for electricity... or to power a massive Death-Ray. The project works by storing sunlight-based energy in plate made from a sintered powder of metals like chromium and neodymium. When weak laser light is shined onto the plate, the stored energy is transferred to the laser where its strength is amplified by a factor of four. In one test, a 0.5-watt laser was amplified to 180-watts by the plates. Scientists have thus far been able to garner 40-percent of the solar energy produced, and they hope to have a system ready for satellite mounting by the not-too-distant year 2030. Huzzah! |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 While beams coming down from the sky and chasing people is fun and amusing, I still prefer microwave beam weapons. Nothing truly says Zionist Death Ray (TM) like people exploding at random. Like during one of those big Iranian Soviet-style parades. Imagine the fun if a wide focus beam swept down the parade route, exploding all the people and ordnance on the road. No planes in the sky, none of the sound of artillery, just the sound of people exploding. I say it's time we show our enemies what real /terror/ is. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2007-09-09 23:50 |
| #5 Actually we saw something more like this in "Man With the Golden Gun". And I stopped paying attention when both Maud Adams and Brit Ecklund came in. Grrrrrowl! |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2007-09-09 21:49 |
| #4 No, this is more like PIRATES OF ROSIANTE. Lasers powered by "dragon scale mirrors" on space habitats in the asteroid belt. |
| Posted by: bruce 2007-09-09 20:59 |
| #3 C'mon, Godzilla! Where you at now, bitch!! |
| Posted by: JAXA 2007-09-09 20:33 |
| #2 I lost track when Jill St. John came in.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-09-09 20:31 |
| #1 Didn't we see this in the bond flick "diamonds are forever"? |
| Posted by: N Guard 2007-09-09 20:25 |