All the stories tagged with: laser
UK police to trial laser gun designed to handle riots
12/12/2011, With the riots in the UK still fresh in everyone’s minds, it seems that there has been some examination to the methods, tools and tactics employed by the police to handle riots of that scale. So much so that a [...]
Lasers change eye color for good
11/03/2011, Could a permanent eye color change be yet another hot new trend in the world of celebrities, glamor and perhaps, even crime? I suppose so, as a doctor in Laguna Beach, California, managed to discover a way to permanently transform [...]
Laser determines if food is spoiled
10/21/2011, We might soon have less use for our sense of smell – especially mothers who often smell whether that putrid-looking bit of food or drink in the fridge can be consumed safely or not. After all, a new kind of [...]
ZEUS Laser detonates mines from afar
10/21/2011, We all know that Zeus is the god of thunder, hurling thunderbolts down at whom he is displeased with. I guess that is an apt name to describe the US Army’s latest “toy” – laser beams attached to the roofs [...]
BMW tests out laser headlights to replace LEDs
09/06/2011, Do you feel like the LED headlights on your car aren’t bright enough? Apparently so does BMW, as the company has announced that it has started experimenting with laser headlights to replace the LEDs that we currently have. Some of [...]
Laser called upon to produce rain
08/30/2011, More primitive civilizations have always looked upwards to the heavens in the past, crying out to a deity to send rain for their harvests whenever the weather starts to run afoul. Well, we’re glad to say that the future might [...]
Table-top Hadron Collider beckons
08/23/2011, The human mind is surely something that’s impressive – here we are with a group of scientists who have come together, cobbling a powerful atom smasher in the same vein as that of the Large Hadron Collider (which you can [...]
Samsung launches new eco-friendly laser printers
08/23/2011, Samsung has just announced a new lineup of monochrome laser, multifunction, eco-friendly printers that are suitable for small-to-midsize businesses. Touted to increase productivity (by getting print jobs done quicker), these high-speed devices can print at speeds of up to 29 [...]
Laser machine gun combo appeals to US Navy
08/19/2011, The price for freedom is eternal vigilance, and if you happen to share Tony Stark’s sentiments in the first Iron Man movie, then surely you would be more than happy to own the biggest, baddest weapons in your backyard so [...]
DIY palm-mounted laser has the ability to blind and set fire to skin
07/18/2011, Does anyone remember in the movie Iron Man 2, somewhere towards the big battle at the end where Iron Man emits lasers out of his hands to destroy all the evil robots in one fell swoop? That was pretty cool [...]
Airsoft gun converted to shoot lasers
06/21/2011, If you’ve always thought your Airsoft gun had the potential to do more than shoot little beads at targets – you were right. A hobbyist by the name of Drake recently converted his Airsoft gun into laser rifle, which allowed [...]
Jellyfish and human cells result in living laser
06/13/2011, Meet the latest mutant that failed to make the X-Men: First Class cut – the Living Laser! Just kidding, but scientists have managed to merge light-emitting proteins from jellyfish with a single human cell, hence creating the first biological laser [...]
Lasers to replace spark plugs?
04/24/2011, One of the more important components in your vehicle that enable it to start would be the row of spark plugs – once those are dirty, it will not only make it harder for your engine to start, but increase [...]
