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Future Perfect

Commentary and news section of the Golf In The Year 2000 web site, which includes the book of that title.


Tracking news about the site and book and commenting on speculative fiction, Victorian-era literature, technology, futurism, life extension, extropianism and ... maybe ... golf.


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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

1000 Suns From Huge Concentrating Dish

"The dish is 4,300 square feet, but the actual solar panel part is only 3 inches by 3 inches! This will soon be tested by the National Solar Energy Center in Israel."

Somehow this brings to mind that guy in Portland or Seattle I blogged about previously who built his own DIY death ray machine ... and array of little vanity-type mirrors that focused the sun's rays to melt plastic army men, Peeps, etc.

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