One of the first places I worked had a water cutter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_jet_cutter very cool toy I remember thinking what the bloody hell are you going to cut with water. The laughter sort of dies of when you see one go through a foot of steel like butter 
And this post is a bit spammy but it was kind of cool so I'll let it go
Dave
From a readers' Q and A column in TV GUIDE: "If we get involved in a nuclear war, would the electromagnetic pulses from exploding bombs damage my videotapes?"