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Homebuilt laser shotgun is every bit as dangerous as it sounds
Engadget ^
| 6/8/2015
| Jon Fingas
Posted on 06/09/2015 8:00:07 AM PDT by Dr. Prepper
If you thought building your own laser weapon at home was hot stuff, you haven't seen anything yet. Do-it-yourself fan Styropyro has built a laser "shotgun" whose eight 5W beams are adjustable with lenses, much like you'd adjust the choke on a conventional shotgun to narrow or widen its buckshot spread. As you might gather, 40W of combined laser power is pretty powerful -- and unbelievably dangerous. The gun can destroy everything from balloons to ping pong balls, and there are reflected beams that could easily smack someone's eye. Don't try this at home, folks. It's still an impressive feat of homebrew engineering, though, and Styropyro is hoping to make something "even crazier" before long.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: banglist; blogs; firstamendment; freespeech; guncontrol; itar; prepper; secondamendment
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To: dfwgator
I want one for Christmas.
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:40:23 AM PDT
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Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Moonman62
Does it come with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time?
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posted on
06/09/2015 8:41:22 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Dr. Prepper
WE need one for the boat. That would stop some pirates right there.
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posted on
06/09/2015 9:11:28 AM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Lazamataz; MrB
extrapolating...
BELTFED
Bureau of Energetic Lasers, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Drugs.
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posted on
06/09/2015 9:23:55 AM PDT
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: dfwgator
In more ways than one....
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posted on
06/09/2015 10:42:53 AM PDT
by
Dr. Prepper
(Dig a well BEFORE you are thirsty - Chinese Proverb)
To: minnesota_bound
"the Terminator might stop by to get a phased plasma rifle in a 40 watt range"Hey, just what you see pal!
To: Dr. Prepper; Squantos
Do-it-yourself fan Styropyro has built a laser "shotgun" whose eight 5W beams are adjustable with lenses, much like you'd adjust the choke on a conventional shotgun to narrow or widen its buckshot spread Also available commercially as the Laser-Lite *Center Mass* for around a hundred bucks. Not as much range from the laser, but with buckshot that may not be a big deal.
But put one of those multi-lasers on a Claymore, and you might really have something. Sur-clack-PRISE!
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posted on
06/09/2015 12:15:27 PM PDT
by
archy
To: archy
Sur-clack-clack-clack-prise !........:o)
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posted on
06/09/2015 4:33:02 PM PDT
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Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Dr. Prepper
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posted on
06/09/2015 4:35:02 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
("When you have to shoot, SHOOT! Don't talk." --Tuco)
To: Squantos
zap-sha-lock-lock-zap!
CC
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posted on
06/10/2015 8:20:23 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
To: glorgau
Seriously, somebody is going to end up like Kung Fu’s teacher.
They're going to take pleasure in making teenagers hug boiling pots of water?
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posted on
06/10/2015 8:24:00 PM PDT
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Cowman
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