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The First White Laser
IEEE Spectrum ^
| 27 Jul 2015
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 07/29/2015 3:54:30 PM PDT by Talisker
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To: GeronL
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posted on
07/29/2015 6:14:52 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
To: drbuzzard
10-4 Got it.
Thank you.
Also for the next question I sent.
I appreciate your patience, and knowledge.
42
posted on
07/29/2015 6:16:04 PM PDT
by
rikkir
(You can lead a horde to knowledge but you canÂ’t make them think. (TnkU Ctdonath))
To: Talisker
I want a laser that makes PEW! PEW! PEW! noises.
43
posted on
07/29/2015 6:46:07 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: uglybiker
44
posted on
07/29/2015 7:05:01 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: drbuzzard
I rather suspect batteries will never cut it, but something like a high temperature superconductor ring looping a lot of current which can be siphoned off using induction could make this happen. Been done.
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posted on
07/29/2015 7:11:22 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: GeronL
Same here, you beat me to it (being racist). Well, somewhere, the noted New Black Panther Scientist, Shamballa L. Shabazz is working on the “Black Laser” that sucks out all light in a 100 yard radius. Reminds me of the old “Black Ray Gun” in the old TSR role playing game, “Gamma World,” where if a living being gets hit wit it, instant death.
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posted on
07/29/2015 8:02:48 PM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
("I wish we were back in the world of Andy Williams." - My mother, 1938-2013, RIP)
To: rikkir
Well, laser take a lot of power. I have an online friend who, back in the 1980s, made a combo “laser/taser” where the laser would ionize the air and the electricity would travel down the path. He zapped groundhogs unconscious with it and you only had a few shots when powered by a car battery. Unless you want to lug around a half dozen car batteries, portable lasers are a long way away.
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posted on
07/29/2015 8:07:10 PM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
("I wish we were back in the world of Andy Williams." - My mother, 1938-2013, RIP)
To: Nowhere Man
I have an online friend who, back in the 1980s, made a combo laser/taser where the laser would ionize the air and the electricity would travel down the path.
That’s very cool. I hope he’s still working on it.
Somebody mentioned “Looping Semi-Conductors” and “High Volume Fast Charging Capacitors” earlier. It might solve his problem.
48
posted on
07/29/2015 8:19:14 PM PDT
by
rikkir
(You can lead a horde to knowledge but you canÂ’t make them think. (TnkU ctdonath2))
To: Talisker
Do you know of any existing laser like that?
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posted on
07/30/2015 7:34:31 AM PDT
by
free_life
(If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
To: free_life
Do you know of any existing laser like that? None that I can confirm or deny.
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posted on
07/30/2015 10:10:46 AM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
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