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19-Year-Old Makes Homemade Solar Death Ray

Posted by samzenpus on from the archimedes-approved dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Concentrated solar power has the potential to generate immense amounts of energy — but it can also be amazingly destructive. American student Eric Jacqmain has assembled over 5,800 mirrors into his own parabolic 'solar Death Ray'."

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  1. Stay in School by jevring · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is what a science education lets you do. Stay in school kids!

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  2. Re:The miracle is that a 19 year old persisted by corbettw · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have the simple solution to that question: a girl said she thought it would be cool.

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