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Scientists with the Navy's Office of Naval Research have demonstrated a prototype system capable of producing from thin air the electrons needed to generate ultrapowerful, "megawatt-class" laser beams for the agency's next-generation system.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
It's written in tech speak so I will translate for people.
They are getting electricity "out of thin air" to power this mega-laser.
"Out of thin air" sounds very zero-point-ish.
Originally posted by grey580
No that's not what that says.
They are using electrons to power the laser instead of using gas.
The electrons are just grabbed locally and not stored.
And that's a pretty cool technology. A few of those turrets can instantly stop any sort of threat at the speed of light. And probably as soon as it appears over the horizon.
Originally posted by XPLodER
reply to post by SonOfTheLawOfOne
i think what they are saying is that the laser is called
a free electron lazer
as in the ejected material is free electrons
not that the power for the lazer is from zero point
IMHO
xploder
Originally posted by mileslong54
Radient energy from the sun, different from solar, was discover by Tesla in like the 40's or 50's. It's still a secret science (because it's free energy, those words don't get a lot of investors interested in it) but there are many diagrams to make simple circuts showing it possible. I have no doubt free energy exists in many ways, steam for one, but the real question is will it ever be free. Most likely not.
Originally posted by moebius
Sorry no free energy. They've got a megawatt-class electron beam generator(injector). Will use it to power some bad-ass lasers. The power source for the injector will be a good old nuclear reactor I guess.
Original announcement:
www.onr.navy.mil...
Free-electron laser:
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by sourdiesel
reply to post by SonOfTheLawOfOne
Tesla's Patents for the utilization of radiant energy
Is this what you were looking for?