Interesting.
But if the idea is to just get a lot of focused light onto a piece of metal wouldn’t a large array of mirrors focusing sunlight outdoors work better? like in those outdoor solar powerplants.
Now that’s a nice reflector for a thrower ! 
Could it be the first prototype of the BLF GT 2.0? 
hahaha what a title
yeah where to source a refector like that on a BLF price 
If you look below in the comments, that question is asked a few times. It seems the scientists are using this array of lights because they need consistency for the experiments. The end solution is to use solar mirror arrays like you suggested.
Looks just like the new Surefire Kingdom Come light. Available in 2 colors: Ultra White and Death Ray. Firefly is optional.
Just kidding. The idea is not new. This “solar furnace” in Font Romeu in France was built in 1970.
I have the dedomed xp-g2 ready , bring it now
Strobe mode on this would disorient whole villages!
Next minute reflector is scratched and you have to sand and polish it back to good lol
Yeah, and solar furnaces create thousands more degrees of heat, and use 0 energy… they even produce energy.
This just seems like a waste of time.
There’s no reason why they can’t do the same thing during the day.
Why not just use a magnified lens to focus the lights.
Lenses are far more expensive than reflectors, especially at that size.
It keeps the paychecks coming in
I’m so glad you mentionned it, I was in asthma cure when I was 5 in Font Romeu 
Passing by this when going to ski holidays is always impressive, this is a massive piece of optic tech !
I was thinking the exact same thing. I think this is just to test the concept, if it works, they could make it work by using mirrors and the sun and create hydrogen in an eco friendly way.
What? Where did you get that? The story says these “blast the energy of 10,000 suns” so how could the energy of one sun “create thousands more degrees of heat”?
Let’s negotiate a group buy for this…lol
It’s not equivalent to 10,000 suns, but the strength of 10,000 time sunlight on earth (I suppose on a sunny day) focused on a 8x8 inch metal sheet.