The rise of the ray gun | Fighting with photons | The Economist

created 31 October 2008 in links tagged economist, future, lasers and niven.

“You fight with light? Surely this is forbidden.” I’m sure the Economist puts more effort into its headings than its actual writing.

The public may have misgivings about a silent and invisible weapon that would boil the body’s fluids before tearing it apart in a burst of vapour

http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_i...