Solar Death Ray

[Wizzo]

Check out this Solar Death Ray, built by 19-year-old Eric Jacqmain.

All I need now is a mountain on a Caribbean Island for this to 'pop' out of and my evil Wiz lair will be complete. 

[John S]

Reminds me of what we used to do years ago, on sunny days in those long summer holidays from school, with a magnifying glass on blades of grass and anything else we could keep in the right place to fry. 

 

[Jugirl]

I'm going camping soon...that could come in really handy for lighting the camp fire so i don't freeze to death... maybe not

Jugirl

Ps i found the music very relaxing hehe

[Scott]

Ok, but a magnifying glass took a little while...you see how fast that thing melts and burns stuff?  Wow.  If there was a way to adjust the angle of the concave, could you imagine the fun you'd have with neighbour's stuff?   

[cosworth151]

Gee, I wonder how the shed caught on fire? Did it have a window? 

[Canada Darrell™]

I saw this yesterday and was thinking to myself "I've got a couple of unused 20" dishes packed away in the garage"...might just be the thing to do to kill some time and have some fun! 

[David]

That's awesome, I would love a go at building one.

There was one that struck me though, a worrying though. Just what do you have to be searching for on You Tube to find "Solar Death Ray". I worry about you Wiz. 

[lkjohnson1950]

It appears to have a very short focal length. For a true death ray effect, you would have to make the array flexible so you could focus it at varying distances. Of course I suspect the maximum focal length is still quite short.

Lonny

[cosworth151]

It looks like it was based on an old sat TV dish. The focal point would be where the receiver unit was.

[purespeed]

Reminds me of Toy Story  . I used to fantasize about a solar gun which I could burn stuff with. Also, if a 19 year-old kid can do this. What would happen if a government would organize it?