Another step towards phasers / turbolasers

[scvn2812 504]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20944726

 

50 kw laser shoots down two drones, cuts a steel girder at a mile away.

[Tyralak 12,068]

Nice. This is cooler, though. (Linked from the same article)

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18630622

[scvn2812 504]

This isn't going to make the Tesla death ray conspiracy theorists any less fervent.

[Khas 12,158]

Nice. This is cooler, though. (Linked from the same article)

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18630622

 

I've heard of that tech before. It's called an electrolaser.

[scvn2812 504]

kryptonradio.com/2013/01/17/sweet-lightning-kickstarter-for-dragon-empire-seeks-to-fund-it/

 

Here's a scientist trying to get funding to develop an electro laser by writing a science fiction novel. It's an interesting premise if the prose is decent.