UT is home to one powerful phallic symbol: a giant laser that produces a petawatt (a quadrillion watts) of energy. The laser is part of the Texas Petawatt Project–supporting the most powerful laser on earth.
Even Wired magazine featured a snazzy article today–that’s right FEATURED–on its site. Notice, however, that all the photos were given to them?
That’s because it’s top secret–Damn right. Locked away in the basement of some cold, ugly engineering building, only authorized personal may access it. Few have seen it and fewer have lived to tell of it… Others furtively captured a video for us on a mobile phone.
The laser is actually so powerful, its capable of creating a star.
*And what the Daily Texan didn’t tell you– it’s used for expanding fusion energy research.
Damn we’re cool.
Tags: engineering, laser, petawatt laser, research, science, texas, texas petawatt project, University of Texas, wired magazine
April 10th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
i want to make a star!
April 10th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
haha that’s sooo emo
April 11th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Top secret…what are you talking about?!? I will happily give a tour of the lab if you ask. (I must say, however, I do like the “secret” smuggled video of our lab…trust me, it’s much cooler in person.)