how to make a shrink ray?

Shrink Ray

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In science fiction, a shrink ray is any device which uses energy to reduce the physical size of matter. The pioneer in this field can only be Dr Myron Reducto.

In media:

In The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode, "In The Belly of The Boss" the Simpson family is shrunk by Professor Frink.

A shrink ray invented by Professor Wayne Szalinski is featured in both the movie and TV Disney series "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids".

In games:

Engineers in the World of Warcraft are capable of crafting a Gnomish Shrink Ray.

The Eiffel Tower is reduced in size, then stolen, in the game Evil Genius

Duke Nukem 3D had a shrinker capable of shrinking an enemy.

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So, which one exactly are you talking about?

To begin even thinking about designing such a device, you need to decide which of these to do:

A) Increase the substance's density, therefore having the same mass and taking up less space;

B) Decrease the substance's mass therefore having the same density, less mess, and taking up less space as a result. This means that some matter has to go somewhere else.

Since heat is pretty much particles moving around and colliding, perhaps a negative energy can be applied, essentially cooling it down and shrinking it? Just an idea.

Not a likely thing to be invented anytime soon....

Put a full sized ray in the dryer?

Call Dr. Emmett L. Brown, 24-Hour Scientific Services. He'll fix one up for you. 'Course, while using it you may end up not only microscopic, but in the 1880's as well!

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