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[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

This is a bit like asking if we could build a flashlight that emits a beam of darkness I think

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

I have that device

It is my phone

[–] Teppic@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Very much so, and equally possible in theory (interference patterns with light exist, light cancellation could work somewhat like noise cancelling) but also equally impossible to do at anything much above an atomic scale.

[–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago

That's a fog machine