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‘Talking lasers’ that beam messages to our ears in the works: Pentagon |
2019-08-03 |
[NYPOST] Weapons researchers at the Department of Defense have been working on less deadly means of warfare, including this laser weapon that can send brief messages — in the form of audible speech — across short distances — and through glass. The device is being developed as part of a military initiative, the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate. Hokay. So people are worried about cell phones giving them cancer. I guess it's more effective to just shoot you in the ear with a laser. To make what seems like science fiction a reality, scientists use a phenomenon of physics called the Laser-Induced Plasma formation. First, they fire a powerful laser that creates a ball of plasma. Then, a second laser works to oscillate the plasma, which then creates sound waves. Done right, these laser bursts can mimic human language, chief scientist Dave Law tells Military Times, adding that the technology could be ready for battle in as few as five years. A video shared by the news site features the weapon saying, “Stop or we’ll be forced to fire upon you.” "Please cease activity or I shall be forced to [ZAP!] terminate your existence..." Scientists say these laser-grams will soon be able to beam hundreds of miles away, making it possible to send orders down from an aircraft or caution trespassers against entering military bases (looking at you, Area 51 raiders!) — all the while keeping service men and women out of harm’s way. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 Turn the power up high enough and it will be in one ear and out the other. |
Posted by: The peanut gallery 2019-08-03 14:09 |
#7 Apparently it won't work on deaf people. a violation of the ADA! |
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-08-03 12:08 |
#6 I like the deadlier ways of warfare better |
Posted by: chris 2019-08-03 09:29 |
#5 💡 Use it to get some good Arabic speaking actors to impersonate Alan to 'contact' mullahs and instruct 'em from time to time. Create up a new mohammed. |
Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-03 09:02 |
#4 So people will "hear voices." Soon after that it'll make it possible to "see dead people" too. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-08-03 07:47 |
#3 All we gotta do is mount the lasers on shark's heads, and then we got the total entertainment package. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2019-08-03 07:33 |
#2 Oh ! The communication part is achieved by exciting water molecules (vapor) in the air around the 'contactee'. Now I get it ! The plasma ball craziness is for riot control, torturing people from a distance. Troublemakers, antifa types, the kind whose safety neither I nor plasma give a shit about. In fact, plasma's our new friend it seems. "Halt ! Take off that mask and kneel or I'll be forced to overheat the air in your head!" |
Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-03 04:29 |
#1 Only non-thermal plasma can be used near enough to a human ear for producing vibrations like that safely. Non-thermal plasma at atmospheric pressures. Can't it be absorbed by skin, cause chemical reactions ? No point in communicating a warning to a flash person. If a laser is 'producing' plasma... no. I just can't see it. |
Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-03 04:23 |