Fast and furious aerial battles in futuristic flying machines: fans of science fiction movies have these kinds of sequences etched into their imaginations. They are often characterised by laser fire bursting out in all directions. In reality, these scenes are proving impossible to recreate, at least for the moment... Especially due to the necessary production costs and the size of the components involved.
TeraDiode, a company based at MIT (Boston), is working flat out to develop the technology required to produce a laser with destructive power as impressive as that seen in cinemas or video games. Recently, it successfully tested a semiconductor-based laser diode, fuelled by electricity rather than chemicals.Provided by YC/ATC-TCL.com
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