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The Solar Death Ray

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday March 23, 2005 @11:32AM from the for-small-values-of-death dept.

Ant writes the "Solar Death Ray is made of 112 mirrors mounted on a platform 4 feet wide and 6 feet tall. Each mirror is a square roughly 3.5 inches on edge. All these mirrors focus the sun to a single spot 5 feet, 6 inches from the mirror platform. A wooden fork extends from the mirror base to the area near the focus and serves as a mounting point for Solar Death Ray targets. The mirror platform is mounted to the support frame on a pivot that allows the platform to be angled. The whole system is mounted on a set of wheels. The goal of the Web site was to show the results of the targeted items when the solar death ray was used."

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Suggest a target: by caluml · 2005-03-23 11:35 · Score: 0, Troll

I'm not going to burn puppies or goldfish or anything like that.
Awwww - go on!

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Re:I've already seen it by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-23 11:45 · Score: -1, Troll

Burn Terri Schiavo!

There won't be a grease fire and she's nice and light for mounting to the focal point.
Re:I've already seen it by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-23 12:00 · Score: -1, Troll

Maybe this will help.
Re:Dude, melt the american flag! by Mulletproof · 2005-03-23 12:25 · Score: 0, Troll

Dude! It's like made of cloth! Kinda hard to melt! Whoa!

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Re:I've already seen it by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-23 13:06 · Score: -1, Troll

I thought all slashdotters were part of the Penguins gang.
stupid - even for slashdot by monsterzero2002 · 2005-03-23 15:36 · Score: -1, Troll

One more example of science in the hands of morons.
Why not leave this stuff to the "professionals".