Laser Powered Paper Plane Takes Flight

RobertTaylor writes: "Ananova is reporting that Japanese scientists have developed a laser powered paper plane. A blast of light from a commercial laser heats up a droplet of acrylic polymer or water on its surface which acts as fuel. Full story here" Nature also has a story on this advance.

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Re:Something else like this.

[tunah]

I remember a while back reading about a laser powered metal disk that was going to possibly be an alternative to space travel.

Instead of using our working technology to get into space, lets use a metal disk and try to get into space!