Here is some information some of you may not be aware of.<br/><br/>Weaponized lasers are no longer a thing of science fiction. They are real and proven affective. In the Wall Street Journal an article was written about a test the U.S. government conducted with a Laser attached to a Boeing 747 (I believe that model Boeing anyways). The Laser successfully shot down a missile. The other Laser is below,<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">On March 18, 2009 Northrop Grumman announced that its engineers in Redondo Beach had successfully built and tested an electric laser capable of producing a 100-kilowatt ray of light, powerful enough to destroy an airplane or a tank. An electric laser is theoretically capable, according to Brian Strickland, manager for the United States Army's Joint High Power Solid State Laser program, of being mounted in an aircraft, ship, or vehicle because it requires much less space for its supporting equipment than a chemical laser.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser)  You can find that quoted information in the latter link.<br/><br/><br/>I recently heard some information about a company back East (U.S. East coast), that has a room similar to the holodeck on Star Trek, which can create holographic images of a house and is fully customizable down to the smallest detail. The people wear helmets which view screen like things and wear gloves which allow them to access menu's and such and they can walk around "in" the house and design it as they please, seeing essentially the "finished" product. This business only services clients buying homes costing 1 mill+, however. I don't have any solid information to back this up just yet, but I believe it. Holographic technology already exists, its only a matter of time before it becomes publicly available.<br/><br/><br/>The interesting thing all of this brings up is that we will soon have technology most thought we would not have until hundreds of years later. Soon it will be available widespread in probably 15-20 years, and beyond that this stuff will look like child's play. Hand held laser rifles/pistols anyone? Wrist sized holographic communication devices?