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originally posted by: BASSPLYR
a reply to: Bedlam
He mentioned the crisscrossing lasers thats pretty cool.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
a reply to: Bedlam
So stuff that doesn't even show up for your memory of what should be in Google trumps what n actual mad scientist insider from DARPA says???
Please tell me more!
nickninja
Wow. I would not have believed some of these were uc yet. Oh well. Speaking of plasma, look for the line item marked something like "holographic prophet".
The thing goes beyond just a big picture of an Arab dude with a sword. Here's where the plasma comes in. You focus three or more lasers (IR, usually some sort of CO2 but there are a lot of solid state lasers with the right wavelengths) where the "mouth" should be. The trick is to put the sum energy in the focal overlap over the limit needed to cause a plasma bloom. The air will start to burn in the overlap, producing a really nifty glowing effect with red smoke coming off of it. Then you PWM modulate one of the lasers with your appropriate dialog track. The plasma bloom acts like a really big loudspeaker as the volume varies with the energy input. So not only does the 'prophet' appear, his mouth glows, smoke comes out and he speaks with a really loud voice. Spectacular. Just spectacular.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
a reply to: Bedlam
So then he's just some random nutter from out of the woodwork, claiming to be from DARPA background, but instead is a FRAUD?!?!
Good times!
Can't wait to see some links...
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
...claiming to be from DARPA background, but instead is a FRAUD?!?!
originally posted by: Bedlam
someone who actually had something to do with it trumps a guy I've never heard of outside conspiracy circles who believes in a soul catcher on the Moon.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Because the /mil would name a project SOULCATCHER, means its for actually capturing actual "souls"???
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
a reply to: Bedlam
The beauty of being in your position is, hey, if you can go onto teh Interwebs to 'prove' something is or isn't possible, then therefore DARPA with billions of annual dollars in non+secret funding can never possibly achieve such a thing....