Melting steel with solar power
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[2012-05-12 14:58:25] dockogugum - 2400 degrees
2400 degrees
[2012-04-28 17:44:28] JMP411410720 - 2400 centigrade, ...2400 centigrade, ohhhh shit
[2012-03-30 22:35:35] leonardbrian6 - Very coolVery cool
[2012-03-21 22:49:20] lamboo3 - There is also a ...There is also a furnace similar to the one in Odeillo but it is in the Uzbekistan. They use both furnaces (which are a fair amount bigger than the one in this video) to test cladding materials for spaceships to predict how they will react to atmospheric re-entry. With regards to people saying that this is what we need for solar energy, then I'd say you're close. You're thinking of this the solar power towers in Seville, Spain.
[2012-02-27 20:18:31] bluemoondiadochi - No-tech magazine ...No-tech magazine brought me here! usually i'm not writing this kind of stiff, but they deserve a reference!
[2012-02-07 19:55:48] MingGuoLi - James May did ...James May did something Adam and Jamie failed to do...
[2012-01-24 22:37:07] timtallisman - Look up Nevada ...Look up Nevada Solar One.. On a planet with 7 billion people, one does not simply overlook such a simple concept.
[2012-01-01 13:38:47] 56tony1 - How cool is that !! ...How cool is that !!! The only reason we do not have these kind of creations powering most of our everyday lives is that big oil cannot shade out the sun. Yet ......
[2011-12-24 22:03:45] 2222cyan - Hey they steal my ...Hey they steal my laser
[2011-12-21 09:01:04] Grahf0 - These are awesome. ...These are awesome. There is another in France that can do 3500 degree Celsius. Saw a BBC show/clip on it.
[2011-12-13 11:41:44] deesa89 - Amazing :)Amazing :)
[2011-11-27 04:29:57] ringwormts115 - thanks for uploadin ...thanks for uploadin this fatsomus :)
[2011-11-04 20:17:17] freakman420 - This seems to me ...This seems to me the answer we've all been looking for, pretty much perpetual energy. It boils water, water makes steam, steam engine generates electricity. So simple we've been overlooking it the whole time...
[2011-11-04 20:12:16] freakman420 - Steam engines here ...Steam engines here we come!!.... Again...
[2011-10-29 14:18:40] xNeo2Rememberx - A terminator has ...A terminator has just arrived
[2011-10-16 08:56:04] maxey83112 - Thats freaking ...Thats freaking insane!
[2011-08-15 04:16:12] leonardohurtado2002 - ok know make an ...ok know make an iron man suit
[2011-08-07 21:11:25] hackajim - that hotdog has ...that hotdog has skin cancer
[2011-08-03 08:05:38] supermastater - JAMES FROM TOP GEARJAMES FROM TOP GEAR
[2011-07-26 04:11:20] xevilwalksx - that man knows ...that man knows nothing about hot dogs
[2011-07-18 14:21:53] echtnikskan - Poseidon energy ...Poseidon energy weapon *fallout new vegas*
[2011-07-18 06:53:30] NorthWolfs - btw thats liquid ...btw thats liquid metal from Terminator xD
[2011-07-18 06:52:08] NorthWolfs - Remember on Nation ...Remember on Nation Security with Martain Lawrence? Why not try to melt those kinds of barrels xD
[2011-06-18 16:36:44] cheapsolarpanels1 - That's really ...That's really powerful!
[2011-06-07 21:18:24] zlazher - I hope james bond ...I hope james bond destroy that shit before It falls in the wrong hands.
[2011-05-28 07:15:30] J05hyyy - Sounds like ...Sounds like something out of James may Bond to me.
[2011-05-27 23:57:22] DeadlyGrim - The technology for ...The technology for the Sonnengewehr ("Sun Gun") existed at the time. The problem was that the project hadn't even reached "launch rocket into space stage" by the spring of 1945. Everyone who worked on the Sun Gun was picked up by Operation Overcast and Paperclip. Now, when the Sun Gun was first envisioned in 1929 by Hermann Oberth (who planned on using it for electrical generation rather than cartoon villainy), the technology didn't exist but von Braun invented what was needed.
[2011-05-17 18:26:33] maxy125 - lol was watching a ...lol was watching a documentry and thought hey why doesnt any1 try to concentrate the sun on an object to collect energy but looks like ive been beaten to it, oh well :D
[2011-05-10 11:35:25] wolfanos74 - I'll never get ...I'll never get tired of seeing that, just a small (and possibly stupid) question... What intensity of light is required to melt steel?
[2011-04-23 21:37:21] AllPRO786 - this can be very ...this can be very use ful in the future
[2011-04-15 04:09:01] L0V3Sick2716 - Ahhhh! That looks ...Ahhhh! That looks so cool! :D
[2011-04-09 01:47:36] itsrickinaz - You might like ...You might like Power of the Sun by Redstorm on youtube.
[2011-04-03 07:40:45] gooddarkjedi - i wonder if these ...i wonder if these solar lense systems will allow us to have new energy source.
[2011-04-03 07:37:58] gooddarkjedi - arcimedes death ray ...arcimedes death ray?
[2011-03-18 17:47:08] MacraStraba - Americans sure love ...Americans sure love their wieners.
[2011-03-14 07:30:29] mangostavia - heat is heat so in ...heat is heat so in that aspect there is no difference there would be a difference in steel making since most steel processes use coke fired furnaces the coke not only heats the furnace but adds most of the carbon which is what makes iron, steel.... well carbon and a few other things
[2011-03-03 07:11:21] greencheapsk8 - Think ants in a ...Think ants in a magnifying glass
[2011-03-02 23:27:59] EmperorAst - Just WoW!Just WoW!
[2011-02-28 18:36:34] a10fjet - I wanna see it vs ...I wanna see it vs dirt
[2011-02-17 16:44:37] MrOceanPenguin - Chemistry is ...Chemistry is awesome. It just sucks that I'm such a retard at it! :)
[2011-02-12 00:40:39] Eatmydds3 - Just imagine what ...Just imagine what this would do to anyone standing in its focus..
[2011-02-05 10:26:48] gooddarkjedi - arkimedes is ... arkimedes is spining in his grave. he whuld have wanted to see this. unfrotunetly he was born over 2000 years too early.
[2011-02-02 03:19:39] jemmani22 - Traditional ...Traditional american lunchtime hotdog snack. i noticed that too and lol'd
[2011-02-02 01:37:10] Dillinger128 - I got your ...I got your traditional american lunchtime hot dog snack on a very long stick right here chap!
[2011-02-01 00:25:28] rogerpenna - not really. It has ...not really. It has a focal point.
[2011-01-31 20:13:38] mostritegod - What is Captain ...What is Captain Slow doing there?