9 Inventions that Prove Leonardo da Vinci Was a Supervillain
#4. Solar Power  - Leonardo da Vinci  Leonardo's Design:  Now,
when Leonardo said "star," this is what he meant:  Problem was,
you couldn't exactly kill people with that. But with some know-
how, and some planning...  ...we get Leonardo the warlord.
Syracuse, 214 BC  Why it Would Have Worked:  That is a solar
laser. Because much like Archimedes, the Chinese and the
Machines from The Matrix, Leonardo da Vinci knew that the Sun
was too abundant a resource to leave untapped. Fossil fuels like
trees were limited, and gave off billowing smoke that gave away
positions. What Leonardo did was tinker with the existing
technology of "burning mirrors" to find other uses for them,
like MacGyver.  While working for the Vatican, Leonardo
correctly predicted that these mirrors could focus energy on a
large scale. They could boil water and even be used as a never-
ending resource for industry. More importantly, they could
straight burn shit. Leonardo came up with s