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Matt Hawes
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Interesting story:
Lockheed Martin's laser stops truck.
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Carmen Bernardo
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My question is whether or not you can hit a moving vehicle with accuracy, without having to burn a hole through the driver or passenger...
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Steven Legge
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The next logical step.
TETSUOOOOOOOO!!
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Gundars Berzins
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Pick off your annoying neighbor for the new one time price of only $19.99!
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Eric Ladd
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Baby steps, Carmen. Baby steps. =) I'm sure the next step is to put a very accurate guidance system on the laser to ensure they aren't "accidentally" blasting the drunk driver behind the wheel instead of incapacitating his engine. With Steven's next logical step we could have "traffic watch" where anyone exceeding the speed limit by a certain rate would have their car laser-ed from the satellite system orbiting above. That would be cool, right?
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Brian J Nelson
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We then could also then use it to pop incredibly lare amounts of popcorn.
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Eric Ladd
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Brian is a real genius.
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Brian J Nelson
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:-D
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Rick Senger
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Definitely a powerful demonstration. What the article doesn't expound on, however, is how long the beam had to be trained on the (apparently) stationary target to cut through it's hood and immobilize the engine. I'm guessing it wasn't just a brief zap, which suggests it's not yet viable for taking out moving targets. Also, if you're combining multiple beams ala Star Wars' Death Star, it seems like the "gun" might need to be stationary to ensure that the beans being combined maintain their proper alignment.
Interesting that they reported immediately on how cheap this technology apparently is to operate; that sounds like the real driver behind its development and potential military application.
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