tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post512206194411637949..comments2024-03-29T04:31:25.034-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Happy birthday to the laserPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22656049534513737792010-05-17T22:37:33.302-05:002010-05-17T22:37:33.302-05:00If it is using lasers to compress hydrogen that ma...If it is using lasers to compress hydrogen that makes sustainable fusion power a reality, then he will literally have advanced mankind into a new era of perhaps not being such dicks to one another.<br /><br />(Then again if we don't have to fight over oil I'm sure we'll find something else...)<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67987252182166275562010-05-16T16:47:27.062-05:002010-05-16T16:47:27.062-05:00Huh. I remember as a physics major at Alfred Unive...Huh. I remember as a physics major at Alfred University in 1963, Dr. maiman brought his ruby laser to our physics symposium. We all thought it was pretty cool, but had no premonition of how extensively the technology would become. In the late 1980s, i was supporting a program at lawrence Livermore to grow a custom Md-YAG crystal with special 'doping" to produce a multi-color medium-poer pulsed laser for battlefield use. And today? They're everywhere. tempus Fugit.<br /><br />TC<br />LeatherneckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com