When most people think of a death ray, the first thing that comes to mind is a silly cartoon gun that one character may use on an object to make it disintegrate. One kid has decided to make the device a little more realistic.
Unlike the cartoon representation, Eric Jacqmain’s death ray is not a gun. His device was made using a satellite dish and 5,800 mini mirror tiles reports Mail Online.
When aligned correctly it can generate a heat spot a couple of centimetres across, with an intensity of 5,000 shining suns, the 19-year-old claims.
The ray generates enough power to melt steel, vaporize aluminum, boil concrete, turn dirt into lava, and obliterate any organic material in an instant.
Jacqmain, commenting on YouTube said : ‘I drilled a small hole in the dish and glued a piece of PVC pipe on the back.
‘Light shines through the hole and hits the translucent plastic on the end of the pipe. All I had to do was aim the dish once and mark the spot.
‘As long as the target doesn’t conduct heat away too fast it will melt or vaporize just about anything eventually.’
