D.I.Y. DEATH RAY

New, from the maker of the internationally-​​renowned “Girlfriend Quest” PC game, comes a six-​​foot tall set of mir­rors, designed to reflect the sun’s light — and roast what­ever comes in its way.
The Solar Death Ray cap­tures sun­light in 112 mir­rors, each 3.5 inches square, and then spits it back onto a sin­gle spot five feet, six inches away.
“I esti­mate that the Solar Death Ray can heat things up to between 500–600 degrees Celsius (930‑1100 degrees Fahrenheit) under good con­di­tions,” its maker says.
Mr. SDR swears he won’t turn his home­made weapon on liv­ing things. “Im not going to burn pup­pies or gold­fish or any­thing like that.” But choco­late bun­nies, Hootie and the Blowfish tapes, and “my pants” — all of them have already been reduced to pro­to­plas­mic goo with by the Death Ray’s awe­some might.

March 29th, 2005 | Lasers and Ray Guns | Comments Off Both comments and pings are currently closed.