The Light Sharpener

[IllustriousPotentate]

Check this out:

http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/solar dish/dish01.shtml

Rob Cockerham took one of those enormous, obsolete satellite dishes, and covered it in mirrors, pretty much making a huge parabolic meter. When it's in direct sun, it'll melt or burn almost anything put in it's focal point.

[devilchrono]

That's incredible but I wonder if it could burn fire....hmmmm.

[kitty-and-meander]

Is it actually real though?

[LightandDark]

At 8/5/07 08:06 PM, IllustriousPotentate wrote: Check this out:

http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/solar dish/dish01.shtml

Rob Cockerham took one of those enormous, obsolete satellite dishes, and covered it in mirrors, pretty much making a huge parabolic meter. When it's in direct sun, it'll melt or burn almost anything put in it's focal point.

so what your saying he could have made a new weapo?

:that be real useful in the middle east

[LightandDark]

so what your saying he could have made a new weapon

that be real useful in the middle east

Wish they let us edit out posts.

:too bad they have other projects to deal with.

[Boris-4-U]

They did a special about that on Mythbusters. Tried to burn down a boat with it.

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