jon_hill987 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7077 I had no idea laser weapons were possable yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightNinja Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I dont know why ppl want to invent them, i think that the normal guns are just too much-after clicing the link-ah well the US goverment, why they constantly create new weapons if they actually have new weapons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 hmm, that sounds fun. A better solution: temp paraylsis guns, without the pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 We've had weapons grade lasers for quite a while. About 3 years actually. What we've done though is using bolts. But this looks like it could be worse... I don't know, we'll have to see how things unfold. I still like my ideas for non-lethal conflict disruption. The titty bomb. A shuttle with a payload just full of beautiful women. Drop that in an area of conflict and watch the men become paralyzed in a hormonal fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I still prefer an army of monkeys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTV2 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 star wars is coming to life:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOutrider Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 New book title. "DS-Day, the day America turned into the Death Star." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalukai Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Awesome! Note to self.... check Ebay in 2007... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith I still like my ideas for non-lethal conflict disruption. The titty bomb. A shuttle with a payload just full of beautiful women. Drop that in an area of conflict and watch the men become paralyzed in a hormonal fit. "I know a way to end the war. We just take a blimp and paint it up like a giant tit and fly it over the Middle East during a confrentation. 'Oh, oh!!! Look at the tit!! TIT!!!!' " ~Denis Leary TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith We've had weapons grade lasers for quite a while. About 3 years actually. What we've done though is using bolts. But this looks like it could be worse... I don't know, we'll have to see how things unfold. I still like my ideas for non-lethal conflict disruption. The titty bomb. A shuttle with a payload just full of beautiful women. Drop that in an area of conflict and watch the men become paralyzed in a hormonal fit. *sighs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith ....I still like my ideas for non-lethal conflict disruption. The titty bomb. A shuttle with a payload just full of beautiful women. Drop that in an area of conflict and watch the men become paralyzed in a hormonal fit. what, as if men havent fought over women before..... that idea sux ! It'll lead to even more trouble ! mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tags Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 laser huh? think it can be deflected bye a mirror like on spaceballs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikinor Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Start the Rebellion now....the Empire is coming. And the laser can probably burn through the mirror. I wonder if the will make laser swords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalukai Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 a laser sword would be nearly impossible since a lasers distance from the point of creation is infinite unless something is in its path to stop it and the blade itself would be weightless and unable to direct a balanced swing. the only way possible would for it to be confined in a tube which would do no good or have it streamed to the tip of a rod the length of the sword you would want it... even then it wouldnt be a laser more of an electrical current for it to maintain shape around the metal rod. i guess the end of the rod could be reflective for it to consistantly bounce back and forth between the tip and the hilt but nothing would be able to stop it once it started. hehe maybe I should start some development theory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermie Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 First the battle droid thingies and now this... Oh, and we musnt forget the Star Wars program during the cold war... Perhaps its time to move Hollywood out of the USA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomie Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Start the Rebellion now....the Empire is coming. And the laser can probably burn through the mirror. I wonder if the will make laser swords? Actually, since a laser is light, it would be reflected by the mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted March 6, 2005 Author Share Posted March 6, 2005 Originally posted by Doomie Actually, since a laser is light, it would be reflected by the mirror. No, a powerful laser would just melt the silver on the back, it would then go right through, very shiny stainless steel would probably be the best defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikinor Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 You have crushed my dreams of a laser sword with your brainiac theories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipperthefrog Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Here are people working on the lightsabers. this is a group that went out to ask the experts. they can make one like... -Just see for yourself- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikinor Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 I only skimmed through it but I did see the word lightdagger instead of lightsaber. What a dissappointment. A dagger. Oh well technology WILL advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Originally posted by VikingLarz I only skimmed through it but I did see the word lightdagger instead of lightsaber. What a dissappointment. A dagger. Oh well technology WILL advance. Try reading next time. I don't see why anyone would be surprised that it'd be easier to make a lightdagger than it would be to make a lightsaber. But anyway, lightsabers (aka laserswords) are far from impossible. It's just at this point we don't have the technology capable of creating one like you'd see in the movies (controlled beam of light). And if we can find a way to control light (as it has mass) we can be able to control length and such. Theoretically though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikinor Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 How long is it going to take before we can do all that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Originally posted by VikingLarz How long is it going to take before we can do all that? It all depends on research and funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikinor Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Uh....this is a n00b question but....how do you do that thing where you quote the other people? And I bet if Bill Gates funded it buisness would boom right? Am I the only one excited about laser swords here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Originally posted by VikingLarz Uh....this is a n00b question but....how do you do that thing where you quote the other people? Originally posted by VikingLarz And I bet if Bill Gates funded it buisness would boom right? Possibly, but I don't see it helping him financially. Originally posted by VikingLarz Am I the only one excited about laser swords here? It'd be interesting but the obvious military applications of it scare me. Especially with police brutality on the rise (again) in some places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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