ZapWizard’s gun uses an air pistol with regulator at the bottom operating at 15 PSI. The powder is held in an acrylic kitchen canister with a reinforced seal. The final element is an ionizer ...

Since air is composed of neutral particles (that act as insulators) and the plasma channel is a good conductor (relative to the un-ionized air around it) the path of the laser beam becomes a kind ...

But ionizing gas into plasma isn’t too uncommon,” he says. Unless this is an elaborate and well-executed hoax, Smyth’s gun bodes well for the future of weaponry. Rail guns aren’t practical ...