why scientists should never recant
Solar Death Ray. Yep. This is easily the coolest thing I've seen in a very long time. Now if only I had the slightest inclination to build it.
From the designer:
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.
Yes, targets....
In high school, I took conceptual physics, and in college, I took the history of mathematics in western civilization. This is what enterprising English majors would do to avoid getting their hands dirty with proofs and numbers and chemicals and all that nonsense. The Solar Death Ray, it would seem, presents a strong argument for an attitude change on my part.
Plus, you can melt a rubber duck.
From the designer:
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.
Yes, targets....
In high school, I took conceptual physics, and in college, I took the history of mathematics in western civilization. This is what enterprising English majors would do to avoid getting their hands dirty with proofs and numbers and chemicals and all that nonsense. The Solar Death Ray, it would seem, presents a strong argument for an attitude change on my part.
Plus, you can melt a rubber duck.
posted by quickstuff at 22.3.05
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