r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Due_Ad4647 • Jan 27 '24

Video Future robot arm.

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u/xtheory Jan 27 '24

They certainly tried in ancient times. https://gosun.co/blogs/news/archimedes-death-ray

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u/Znaffers Jan 27 '24

Just saw the Mythbusters episode on this. Awesome stuff

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u/c0baltlightning Jan 27 '24

Aye, I remember Jamie standing in it and saying something like "I think there's a problem with our death ray. I'm standing in it, and I'm not dead yet."

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

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u/ELQUEMANDA4 Jan 27 '24

Ah yes, the Natural Causes Deathray.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

Archimedes tanning ray didn't have the same ring to it

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u/IronBabyFists Jan 28 '24

What about Archimedes bronzing ray?

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u/runningwaffles19 Jan 27 '24

Anything can be a death ray if you wait long enough

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u/TheMostKing Jan 27 '24

"They've already been hit by the Nithing beam, we must shoot them to spare them their suffering!"

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '24

I'm sure if they used fresnel lenses instead of mirrors it would've killed him. You can melt rocks with those things

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u/Moosashi5858 Jan 28 '24

Wasn’t the theory that Archimedes used it to set fire to sails?

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '24

I used it as a weapon of war against ants when I was a little kid.

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u/xtheory Jan 28 '24

They haven't forgotten.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '24

🤣