For all the heady talk about the misleadingly “deific,” recently confirmed quantum specks named after a Scottish physicist, …
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LaserSabers: Like Lightsabers but No Whooshing and No Hitting People
Yes! Watch the above video!
Real lightsab—sorry, LaserSabers! They’re “not affiliated with Lucasfilm or Star Wars,” according to the product page, even though they’re “harnessing the power of the force.” And the music in the …
Lasers Could Help Cryobots Melt Through Ice on Europa
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a prime candidate in the search for life. The problem? All of its liquid water is hidden under a huge icy crust.
Inventor Bill Stone says he has a potential solution. According to Wired, his company …
New Laser-Powered Device Lets You Recycle Paper by Vaporizing Ink
Let’s face it, most of us waste a lot of printer paper during the course of a day. New technology from researchers at the University of Cambridge might help cut down on all of that waste by letting people reuse paper by wiping …
Watch the Navy Set a Boat on Fire with Their New Laser Gun
Remember the German guy who built his own working laser gun? That was nothing. The US Navy successfully tested their version of a weaponized laser, which they used to set fire to a boat off the coast of California.
Peter Morrison, program officer for the MLD warship raygun project says, “This is the first time a High Energy Laser, at …
Hacker Builds Working Hand-Held Laser Gun
George Lucas, if you’re reading, there’s a good reason why Han would have shot first: because he, like German laser hacker AnselmoFanZero, knew that lasers are very dangerous things capable of zapping holes through metal, plastic, and green dudes called Greedo.
What you see above is the result of 70 hours work. Its maker told Hacked …
Tractor Beam Lasers? Possible, Say Scientists
Lasers are cool. They’re useful during presentations, can fix your eyesight, and are capable of propelling spacecraft along their solar sails. Sometimes, they even burn holes in stuff.
(More on TIME.com: 10 Technologies We Want to Steal from Harry Potter)
A team of researchers from Hong Kong and China may have discovered another …
Is Wicked Lasers’ S3 Spyder Arctic a Lightsaber?
According to Lucasfilm it is, even though Wicked Lasers doesn’t advertise it as such. But let’s be honest, the hilt looks exactly like a lightsaber. Here’s what Lucasfilm’s General Counsel David Anderman had to say:
“It has come to our attention that a company called Wicked Lasers is selling a highly dangerous product
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The Daily Dose
Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
Today in Techland: Peter let us in on his initial thoughts of Blackberry’s Twitter app, (Hint: He didn’t love it.) Douglas brought us inside the fiftieth issue of Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli’s series DMZ, and Gary showed us the new God of War lll trailer.
And of course, in due festive fashion, we …
