Will laser blasters ever be possible? - Christopher Baird
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A fleet of rebel spaceships is greeted by a frenzy of laser blasts – illuminating the sector with brilliant bursts of light. Science fiction has shown us scenes like this for decades, but the lasers in our daily lives seem far less dazzling and destructive. So, could sci-fi laser weaponry ever exist? And how do lasers even work in the first place? Christopher Baird investigates.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Christopher Baird
- Director
- Igor Coric, Artrake Studio
- Narrator
- Addison Anderson
- Composer
- Cem Misirlioglu, Brooks Ball
- Sound Designer
- Cem Misirlioglu
