It'd be impressive if they fire it at like half the speed of light
250 0 ReplyI mean, any other non-c speed really.
76 1 ReplyActually, c is the speed of light in a vacuum, but light travels slower through a medium, like air. So lasers shot through air will actually travel slower than c.
104 2 ReplyI would be especially interested in speeds larger than c 🙂
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Imagine if they made it fire so slow that you could just do a dark souls dodge roll to avoid it
19 1 ReplyWould you accept 10,000 times slower than the speed of light?
9 0 ReplyStill too fast to dodge.
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just shine a laser through a thing of zircon (n=index of refraction=1.923~2)
so speed of the laser in the zircon = c/n ~c/2
7 1 ReplyThen we could finally have Star Wars laser guns.
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I have a dollar store laser pointer than can also travel at the speed of light
116 0 ReplyPssh, I have a 30 year old flashlight that can do the same.
40 0 ReplyWait until you learn how old my sun is
26 0 ReplyI have a kerosene lantern that does the same.
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The laser pointer can travel the light of speed? If you turn it on, does the laser not come out of the laser pointer?
20 1 ReplyThe laser and the laser pointer are both traveling away from each other at the speed of light, so from the pointer's perspective the laser is traveling at twice the speed of light.
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That's impressive. Having a non-photon mass traveling at the speed of light would break our understanding of physics. Get that laser pointer to the lab ASAP
4 0 ReplyAt the speeds it's moving I imagine we already lost it.
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Wait, how do you make the laser pointer travel at the speed of light? I assume it has some mass.
2 0 ReplyWho allowed them to sell the military equipment??
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The army trembling when I bring a mirror
109 0 ReplyNOW YOU FUCKED UP!
81 0 ReplySUPER.
HOT.
73 1 ReplyWorld around
Around the world
World around
Around the world
8 1 Reply
I have wifi router that emits microwaves at the speed of light.
81 0 ReplyPffft, I have a microwave that emits microwaves at microwave speeds to microwave things.
17 0 ReplyThis guy microwaves
5 0 Reply
How many hot pockets do you need?!
6 0 ReplyAt least 3.50
5 0 Reply
I have lightning fast wifi at home
6 2 ReplyElections are slower than light waves so technically you have a slow, shitty router, but at least it can electrocute people so that's something.
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Impressive. The future is awesome! Can we maybe apply this to regular light too? Maybe even green light? Or purple? I'm so excited.
70 0 ReplyWhen you go from green to purple, the light gets more excited too.
35 0 Replyinsert sensitive chuckle-magazine-guy-meme
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Well, for the green light we already have FTL tech, it was invented and perfected by the car behind you as you are waiting for the light to turn green.
14 0 ReplyOhhhh right. My bad Sorry...
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Is purple actually a light color?
1 0 ReplyNo, but violet is, and that's pretty close.
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According to the Gell-Mann amnesia effect, the same people also write about politics, environment and society.
38 0 ReplyThat sounds neat, I won't look it up
8 0 ReplyYeah, they probably have it all figured out.
5 0 ReplyIt was coined by Michael Crichton, you know, the man behind the Jurassic Park. Big Dino man can't lie. And if they lie they are instantly forgiven.
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I would hope so
33 0 ReplyI'd be more impressed if they didn't.
32 0 ReplyIs there a way to not?
6 0 ReplyThe medium that the laser goes through could slow it down, but it would still be insanely fast.
11 0 ReplyJust dont.
1 0 ReplySorta, but it's a pain in the ass.
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Wait until they see the speaker that makes noise at the speed of sound.
24 1 ReplyWake me up when I can buy a lightsaber.
19 0 ReplySweet dreams
6 0 ReplyThere was an auction that started at the price of 69420 USD on the 1st of april of 2022
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(The lightsaber is real, selling an extremely dangerous weapon was the joke)
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Meanwhile, this headline goes at the speed of clicks:-).
19 1 ReplyThis picture got so much compression artifacts just in 3 days lol.
17 0 ReplyThat's the lasers working.
9 0 Reply
What has science done?!
16 0 ReplyHas Science Really Gone Too Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?
11 0 ReplyIs this a reference to something or just aneurism posting?
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Have you not seen those Blaster from the galaxy far far away that fire laser half the speed of sound?
15 0 ReplyThose are changed plasma bolts
5 0 Reply
Water is wet
15 0 ReplyEasy there, that’s quite a can of worms you’re tipping over.
12 0 ReplyIndeed, many would argue that water can't be wet, only things that water gets on/in.
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I can run at the speed of running, where is my headline?
9 0 ReplyI think they've changed the headline, but not the embedded video:
8 0 ReplyI mean, the video one makes a little more sense, as it's about destroying things at the speed of light rather than just firing the laser.
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I can run at the speed of fat
7 2 ReplyI can run at faster than the speed of sound at mach 2
2 0 ReplyShow me.
2 0 ReplyThere, I just did it! I was too fast for you to see.
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But can it shit at the precise speed to fully hit individual turbojets fan blades?
2 1 ReplyI'm more concerned that it looks like a laser turret from Portal.
1 0 Replyuh ackchuyally it's not the speed of light
4 4 ReplyUhm ackshully it is
8 3 Replyit’s not. Light only travels at c in a vacuum.Looks like I am light years away from joining the ackchyually club.
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