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Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech
Chances are, at one point or another, you stumbled across a laser gun. They are scattered across science fiction. From the particle beams of Arthur C. Clark to the phasers of Star Trek, for decades, people have been imagining ways that we can use light to kill each other in horrible ways. And if you didn’t know, the technology is real.
Well, kind of. We do have laser guns, but they are a far cry from what you see in science fiction.
