10 Billion Times Brighter Than The Sun

Here is more information on some of its uses:

Scientists hope to use light from the Diamond synchrotron to “read” ancient texts that have suffered significant damage. Although the discovery of an ancient scroll or manuscript represents a major achievement for archaeologists, anthropologists and other researchers, frequently, these texts are too fragile to open or simply too faded or damaged to read. With the Diamond synchrotron, scientists hope to get around that problem — this particle accelerator allows scientists to read some books without even opening them.

The synchrotron emits a powerful X-ray that, when applied to a scroll, allows scientists to produce a 3-D image of the text. With the aid of computer imaging software, scientists then separate the various layers of the image to reconstruct the pages of the book or scroll. In some cases, the text is then readable. The technique has already been successfully applied to texts written with iron gall ink, which scribes began using in the 12th century. Because these parchments contain iron from the ink, applying X-rays results in the formation of an absorption image, distinguishing traces of ink from parchment.

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28 Comments

  1. Evan Laing said:

    You know, the speed of like. The shine from a like in the room? A deskilike. A strobelike. All kinds of likes homie. Flip a switch and turn out the likes!

  2. Justin Frye said:

    But the rest of the hand adds m$#%&!@* so u can never exceed the speed of like. Light is another story anything is possible even if u have to break laws

  3. Phillip Murray said:

    I’m already skeptical of whether this device even exists or really produces an electromagnetic beam 10 billion times that of the electromagnetic radiation from the sun because it says the device is for use in the field of theology to read ancient texts. If it were ancient texts of knowledgeable value it would be the field of anthropology. There is no “field of theology.” It makes no predictions and policy changes within theology are often influenced by outside societal pressure as opposed to internal discovery.

  4. Jon Clark said:

    Cause that wouldn’t have cooked the guy’s that accidentally stumbled across a light that strong…a 50w green laser will cook chicken damn near instantly…lol

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