Call me when they turn about a meter of light shot from a 30 cm cylinder with about 3-4 cm width into a supersolid that can cut just about any material except for other supersolid light. Bonus points if it sounds like a broken CRT.

This sounds like data crystals to me. Please tell me why I am stupid 😂

Why is it a big deal?

This is from Italy, hence the Europe community. Not very clear from the article.