06.28.12
More miracles from the Weapon Shops of Isher
The labs of the military, where the lame are made to see, the blind to talk.
The US army has successfully tested a laser device that shoots out 50 billion watt-powered bolts of lightning.
“We never got tired of the lightning bolts zapping our simulated targets,” admitted George Fischer, a physicist leading the project at the Picatinny Arsenal research lab in New Jersey …
The successful model tested features a series of adaptations that should ensure it can survive tough conditions in the field and stay powered-up for long stretches.
Not a trick question: What has the Picatinny Arsenal brought to science?
Answer: Nothing. Unless you call stuff like this science.
Trivia: I once had an old relative who worked at the Picatinny Arsenal. He used to tell me he was a chemist. He didn’t know his ass from a hot rock.
That’s so nice, Wired dudes. Can we have an article about Nikola Tesla, next?