Dec 19
We weren’t aware the moon was a source of “dark power,” but apparently it is. That power has been harnessed in one of Wicked Lasers’ latest creations, the Lunar laser.
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Dec 14
What do you like to do in your free time? Play boardgames? Watch Netflix? Cook quinoa? These are all perfectly normal ways to while away your days—but German hobbyist Patrick Priebe builds laser guns. This is a perfectly awesome way to spend your free time.
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Dec 13
The Army’s High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) has been under development for some years now
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Nov 22
A new request by the Air Force Research Lab reveals that the USAF is planning to have laser weapons built in the next generation of fighters by 2030, the US Naval Institute reports. The new jet fighters will be equipped with both defensive and offensive lasers. I’m glad we’re getting ready for the incoming alien invasion.
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Nov 13
Russians were pioneers in the development of lasers, today a multi-billion dollar industry. Two of them, Alexander Prokhorov and Nikolai Basov, won the Nobel Prize in 1964, along with the American Charles Townes, for the invention of lasers and masers. Even much earlier, in the nineteen thirties and forties the Russian scientist Valentin Fabrikant laid the foundations of physical optics and gas discharges that led to the development of lasers.
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Nov 06
Sure, that laser rangefinder made short work of measuring every dimension in that room you plan to renovate. It’s just too bad you jotted all those measurements down on the back of an old receipt that promptly went missing. That’s why Bosch has given its new GLM 100 C laser rangefinder Bluetooth capabilities and an accompanying app so every last measurement is accurately documented.
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Nov 04
Finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease has defied medical researchers for decades now
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Oct 30
Laser pods mounted on drones to shoot down missiles. Yeah, that’s science fiction warfare, right there. And that’s exactly what the US military wants. The US just gave Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman contracts to develop aircraft-mounted laser weapons to protect drones from getting hit by missiles. Or create a flock of drones that can form a shield with lasers.
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Oct 27
YouTube can teach you how to do really useful stuff, sure, but screw all that. This guy makes frickin’ lasers.
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Oct 26
This week, we learned that NASA can beam data to the moon — at a frankly astounding 622Mbps — using a high powered laser
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