Someone's been playing Quake, haven't they?
"Try it. You'll like it. Use the same technique as watering your rosebushes." - Quake manual.
"EVERYBODY OUT OF THE POOL!" - cry of players when they hear the Pentagram on a certain map...
The US Navy will put nearly $10m into development of "man-made lightning" blaster weapons. In a release dated yesterday, Arizona-based company Ionatron announced that it had won a contract worth $9,839,094 to develop its Laser Induced Plasma Channel™ (LIPC) technology. The funds were supplied by the Naval Surface Warfare Centre …
"Try it. You'll like it. Use the same technique as watering your rosebushes." - Quake manual.
"EVERYBODY OUT OF THE POOL!" - cry of players when they hear the Pentagram on a certain map...
If the laser tunneling can be confined to a distance of, say, 1 meter, we're one step closer to a functional Light Saber.
(Never say that the money's been wasted. Methinks the researchers have ulterior motives. May the Force be with them!)
Just think, a weapon that will fry the electronics, from a modest range, and leave no visible sign of damage - got to be a winner !
Now, how much loose change can I find down the back of the sofa.