Teenager builds 'death-ray'

DirtySanchez · January 2011

While many teenagers are content to sit at home playing computer games, this one has set his sights on something a little more ambitious.
Eric Jacqmain, from Indiana in the US, covered an ordinary fibreglass satellite dish with 5,800 tiny mirror tiles - and made his very own 'death ray'.
When aligned correctly it can generate a heat spot a couple of centimetres across, with an intensity of 5,000 shining suns, the 19-year-old claims.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1351935/Eric-Jacqmain-invented-Death-ray-dish-intensity-5-000-suns.html

Big baby jesus · January 2011

They beat him to that shit in the 40's...

culinaryoverlord · January 2011

Holy slow news day story.

Unknown · January 2011

I'm going to steal the death ray and shoot it at aircraft.

proudclod9 · January 2011

Why so cynical? Pretty neat.

Mayberry · January 2011

Didn't they do that on Mythbusters?

Box · January 2011

its kinda sad 2 ppl not act laik other ppl

why cant he just play gamz and stuff? y does he have to try to be diff?

Box · January 2011

its kinda sad 2 c ppl not act laik other ppl

why cant he just play gamz and stuff? y does he have to try to be diff?

jamie madrox · January 2011

Old. Already covered on mythbusters, they tried to make a large scale one.
Also,

Box wrote: »

its kinda sad 2 c ppl not act laik other ppl

why cant he just play gamz and stuff? y does he have to try to be diff?

Did box just turn into Brandon?

Dysgraphia · January 2011

who is dis brandon u speek off?

Silosighbin · February 2011

This is gay. The range of focus is like 1 metre. It would be much cooler if he made it 20 times that.

Plus Archimedes beat him to the idea like 2000 years ago