Everyday Scientist

Deflections 2.0?

July 14, 2006 at 2:57 pm | kendall | nerd, science@home

I came across this product advertisment recently:

Zap the pharaoh. No, that’s not slang for a questionable act, but the object of the first ever board game to use real lasers! Deflexion is a high-tech game of strategy in which two players try to zap each other’s pharaoh by bouncing a laser beam off Egyptian-themed game pieces bearing one, two, or no mirrored surfaces.

That got me thinking. I’ve got an empty 4 x 8 laser table, more optical elements and mounts than I know what to do with, and plenty of lasers (manly class IV, too)…