Giant Lasers are Cool


How can this quote not make you wet your pants? I mean really... "If you could hold a giant magnifying glass in space and focus all the sunlight shining toward Earth onto one grain of sand, that concentrated ray would approach the intensity of a new laser beam made in a University of Michigan laboratory." As if that weren't enough, the article then goes on to say "In addition to medical uses, intense laser beams like these could help researchers explore new frontiers in science. At even more extreme intensities, laser beams could potentially "boil the vacuum," which scientists theorize would generate matter by merely focusing light into empty space."
Let's hope Microsoft don't invest in this technology, because it would bring Bill one step closer to his Death star...

Comments

Anonymous said…
Ooooh... I can't wait until I find one of these as a keyring attachment.

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