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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Very cool stuff, and this snippet really blew my mind:

At its peak it generates 100 terawatts – equivalent to five times the average power consumption of the world – although only for a few millionth of a billionth of a second.

It's refreshing to see news about awesome sci-fi-esque tech that is in the application phase with some really cool experiments lined up.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 1 month ago

a few millionth of a billionth of a second

What even is that... we have units in multiples of 1000 for a reason. 1 femtosecond, or 1 millionth of a nanosecond.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The custom-built laser system, called the Light Wave Synthesizer 100

Man they really missed the mark with the name...you always use numbers in the thousands! Light Wave Synthesizer 3000 sound so much cooler

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe they didn't expect to hit the news with this one yet.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

wave force cannon.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I can also expel incredible energy very quickly but it just makes me feel ashamed.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Still can’t play the new Lorde album though.