Check out Sandia's $80 million 'Z' machine Sandia Laboratory's Z Machine creates powerful, short pulses of electrical energy. It is the world’s most powerful electrical device. The machine is 35 meters in diameter. To those behind the doors at Sandia National Laboratories, however, it’s known simply as ‘Z.’ Scientists use the energy generated to create extreme states: Temperatures hotter than the center of the sun, pressure more intense ...
Aug. 1, 2013 - KOAT Albuquerque