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todd ellis
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:41 pm    Post subject: Solar Death Ray Reply with quote

We just finished my son's science project - we built a solar death ray - and i thought i'd share.

Solar Death Ray has gone operational:













ok - we started small ... Little Debbie Cake. Please remember - it is March in Illinois - about 65 degrees and windy - we didn't start the experiment til 4pm!!!

Heated up to almost 150 degrees in less than 5 minutes. Compete obliteration of snack cake in 9 minutes.

Boo-Ya! Just wait til July!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hot dogs and hamburgers next? Put a "Green" or energy-savings approved sticker and a picture of George Forman on it and sell a million.
I notice it totally destroys all calories in the Little Debbie cake.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's wild! Do you guys watch Mythbusters by chance? Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hart wrote:
Do you guys watch Mythbusters by chance?


I was thinking the same thing! Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mythbusters "busted" the Solar Death Ray --- BUT, they did not have their mirrors focused tight enough. M.I.T. did a MUCH better (and more scientific experiment). http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

THIS is a very cool science project! Congrats, Todd and son.

BTW... in a Mythbusters revisit, it still came up busted, even with the help of the M.I.T. team. Of course the reasons for the myth being busted included compass, weather, scale, moving ships, etc.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Solar Death Ray Reply with quote

todd ellis wrote:
Please remember - it is April in Illinois -


How is that you guys get April and we're still in March on the East Coast? I realise there's a time difference but..... ???
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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we're still in March on the East Coast


uh ... huh-huh. I guess since it'll be April when i get back from VOICE --- and in my mind i'm already gone ... i guess i'll change that.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Solar Death Ray Reply with quote

todd ellis wrote:
ok - we started small ... Little Debbie Cake.


Egads what kind of Little Debbie Cake was that?! It looks...um...heinous at best. I thought it was a raw hamburger.

NEW! Little Debbie's McPatty Tartare! In your grocer's horrible food aisle!
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just assumed it was a Star Crunch
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hart wrote:
I just assumed it was a Star Crunch


Lo and behold. And the description actually makes it sound pretty good. Doh!
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They are, I consumed thousands as a child.
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