> It seems to me that the scientists could have simply stored the energy from the light for a period of time Strained analogy: It's more like recording a holog

> It seems to me that the scientists could have simply stored the energy from the light for a period of time Strained analogy: It's more like recording a hologram for a minute and then playing it back. It's a one-minute buffer for light, the same way we have video buffers, but for real life.