As soon as Blu-ray won all the prices were jacked up. Might just be me but I would wait for the companies to stop gloating about their monopoly. When this happens and the prices come down I might get one.
It may be a argument for the linguists but last time I checked a shield intercepted incoming weapons not disrupted enemy soldiers. Who ever wrote the article is hyping the new tech and forgetting practicality. Bursts of light and sound has already been done, just load the dispensers on the tanks with flash bangs. And a 15 kg weapon! a Barrett 50cal is 14 kg at most and does not require recharging. I dare anyone to try to operate with full fighting order and add a 15 kg weapon plus whatever battery the laser uses, a m16 with 150 rounds is enough for most things.
The problem with concentrating the light too much is it generates more heat. Like a computer heat causes problems it reduces the efficency of the solar cell. Also the heat increases the rate the cell degrades and will have to be replaced more oftain. 10x is a reasonable amount of concentration because it does not significantly reduce efficency and does not stress the chip.
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As soon as Blu-ray won all the prices were jacked up. Might just be me but I would wait for the companies to stop gloating about their monopoly. When this happens and the prices come down I might get one.
It can fix fan noise, but wouldn't do any thing about the cooling problem.
It may be a argument for the linguists but last time I checked a shield intercepted incoming weapons not disrupted enemy soldiers. Who ever wrote the article is hyping the new tech and forgetting practicality. Bursts of light and sound has already been done, just load the dispensers on the tanks with flash bangs. And a 15 kg weapon! a Barrett 50cal is 14 kg at most and does not require recharging. I dare anyone to try to operate with full fighting order and add a 15 kg weapon plus whatever battery the laser uses, a m16 with 150 rounds is enough for most things.
The problem with concentrating the light too much is it generates more heat. Like a computer heat causes problems it reduces the efficency of the solar cell. Also the heat increases the rate the cell degrades and will have to be replaced more oftain. 10x is a reasonable amount of concentration because it does not significantly reduce efficency and does not stress the chip.