{"id":141563,"date":"2022-07-02T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/laser-pistols-lightsabers"},"modified":"2022-07-02T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T20:26:00","slug":"laser-pistols-lightsabers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/laser-pistols-lightsabers","title":{"rendered":"Laser Pistols &amp; Lightsabers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Laser Pistols &amp; Lightsabers\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EXqOHk1LgD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: <a href=\"https:\/\/skl.sh\/isaacarthur05216\">https:\/\/skl.sh\/isaacarthur05216<\/a><br \/> Science fiction amazes us with futuristic technology and weapons, but many like the laser pistol, raygun, or lightsaber seem high-tech versions of old tech. Are such weapons possible and if so, could they have a role in future warfare?<\/p>\n<p>Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a>.<br \/> Support us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur<\/a>.<br \/> Facebook Group: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/<\/a><br \/> Reddit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/<\/a><br \/> Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_A_Arthur\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_A_Arthur<\/a> on Twitter and RT our future content.<br \/> SFIA Discord Server: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/53GAShE\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/53GAShE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud:<br \/> Episode\u2019s Audio-only version: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/laser-pistols-lightsabers\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/laser-pistols-lightsabers<\/a>.<br \/> Episode\u2019s Narration-only version: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/laser-pistols-lightsabers-narration-only\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/laser-pistols-\u2026ation-only<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Credits:<br \/> Laser Pistols &amp; Lightsabers.<br \/> Science &amp; Futurism with Isaac Arthur.<br \/> Episode 290a; May 16, 2021<br \/> Written, Produced &amp; Narrated by Isaac Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>Script Editors:<br \/> Andy Nelson.<br \/> Jason Burbank.<br \/> Jerry Guern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg<\/a>.<br \/> Matthew Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>Graphics by:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/laser-pistols-lightsabers\">Continue reading \u201cLaser Pistols &amp; Lightsabers\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https:\/\/skl.sh\/isaacarthur05216 Science fiction amazes us with futuristic technology and weapons, but many like the laser pistol, raygun, or lightsaber seem high-tech versions of old tech. Are such weapons possible and if so, could they have a role in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2008],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}