lasers
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This Is What Plane-Mounted Laser Guns Could Look Like
DARPA is going gaga over the pew-pew. The department just awarded a Northrop Grumman a $US20.2 million contract to begin the second phase of its Excalibur Program — one which aims to give the same kind of missile-frying laser cannon that’s currently patrolling the Persian Gulf to America’s Air Force.
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Scientists Are Sending Data-Carrying Spiral Lasers Across Entire Cities
Twisted laser beams may just be the key to unlimited bandwidth in the future — and now a team of scientists has used them to beam data through the air, from one side of Vienna to the other.
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Why You Shouldn’t Shine Lasers At Police Aircraft (You Get Hunted Down)
When I was a kid, I had a small laser pointer. It chowed down on single cell batteries and did little more than annoy my pets. Now, modern laser pointers, such as the Wicked Lasers that exist for whatever reason, can burn through stuff and shoot a beam all the way into space. Sure, that…
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A Collar Laser Pointer Is The Dangling Carrot Your Pet Will Never Catch
The only thing better than a toy that keeps your cat and dog occupied for hours is one that requires no intervention on your part. A ball needs to be tossed, a pull toy needs to be tugged, but this laser pointer that clips onto a collar will have your pet chasing, but never catching,…