• bassomitron@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Very cool stuff, and this snippet really blew my mind:

    At its peak it generates 100 terawatts – equivalent to five times the average power consumption of the world – although only for a few millionth of a billionth of a second.

    It’s refreshing to see news about awesome sci-fi-esque tech that is in the application phase with some really cool experiments lined up.

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      2 days ago

      a few millionth of a billionth of a second

      What even is that… we have units in multiples of 1000 for a reason. 1 femtosecond, or 1 millionth of a nanosecond.

  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    The custom-built laser system, called the Light Wave Synthesizer 100

    Man they really missed the mark with the name…you always use numbers in the thousands! Light Wave Synthesizer 3000 sound so much cooler