April 12, 2013
Future Friday: Has the U.S. Navy Built Science Fiction’s Favorite Weapon?
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They’ve existed in our collective geek dreams since the dawn of science fiction. Handheld weapons, much like pistols, Tasers or Super Soakers that have the ability to quash our foes in a barrage of highly focused light beams, leaving behind only a singed carcass and smoke. It’s been said that Archimedes used mirrors to concentrate …
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