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Bob Russell · 10-13-2005, 04:06 PM

Did anyone see this the other day on Slashdot?
http://science.slashdot.org/article....&tid=99&tid=14

Apparently some folks at MIT are recreating a design from Archimedes from before 200 B.C. for a death ray. Actually it's a lens to focus light onto an attacking (wooden) boat with the purpose of setting it on fire. They basically did a proof of concept and it actually IS feasible!

If you follow the other link to MIT, you can see lots of info and pictures. Pretty amazing.

10-13-2005, 04:06 PM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Archimedes Death Ray Revisited Did anyone see this the other day on Slashdot? http://science.slashdot.org/article....&tid=99&tid=14 Apparently some folks at MIT are recreating a design from Archimedes from before 200 B.C. for a death ray. Actually it's a lens to focus light onto an attacking (wooden) boat with the purpose of setting it on fire. They basically did a proof of concept and it actually IS feasible! If you follow the other link to MIT, you can see lots of info and pictures. Pretty amazing.