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Synlight is a giant parabola made up of 149 7-kW xenon short-arc lamps... so a total power draw of about 1 MW? That's nuts. Hope they remember to turn it off wh
by morsch 10y ago
Synlight is a giant parabola made up of 149 7-kW xenon short-arc lamps... so a total power draw of about 1 MW? That's nuts. Hope they remember to turn it off when they leave the room.
- theandrewbailey 10y agoAnd they remember to shield any Raspberry Pis in the area. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-lesson/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/xenon-death-flash-a-free-ph...
- ekingr 10y agoMuch less environmental-friendly than the Odeillo solar furnace[1]... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeillo_solar_furnace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeillo_solar_furnace
- jws 10y agoMore importantly, I hope they remember not to turn it on when they are in the room.
- quakenul 10y agoHa