YouTuber builds world's strongest handheld laser, melts titanium and fractures diamonds
It can also weld razor blades and make synthetic rubies
Israel confirms world-first combat use of laser-beam weapon, downs Hezbollah drones
The new laser weapons will complement Iron Dome defenses
Lidar is great for cars, but it can permanently damage cameras
Beware: Even light outside the visible spectrum is harmful to photographic sensors
The most powerful laser in the US reaches 2 petawatts, setting new records
ZEUS will open new frontiers in imaging, cancer therapy, and astrophysics
Researchers use lasers and metalenses to align 3D chips with atomic precision
Forward-looking: Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a laser-based technique to align 3D semiconductor chips, potentially overcoming a longstanding challenge in chip manufacturing. The method employs concentric metalenses to generate holograms that reveal misalignment between chip layers at a much smaller scale than previously possible.
Startup wants to use lasers to cool chips in a weirdly precise way
Using a wonder material that cools down instead of heating up when fired with lasers
This powerful "spy camera" can capture facial details from over 60 miles away
It can even read serial numbers of satellites in orbit
JMGO set to launch 4,600-lumen N3 Ultra Max projector in the US market
Motion-controlled gimbal design with 4K 240Hz projection
MIT's light-activated antiferromagnetic memory could replace today's ferromagnets
The breakthrough could enable next-gen memory chips with improved density and durability
New $150M facility will fire 7-petawatt lasers to (hopefully) achieve nuclear fusion
Forward-looking: Fusion energy is often regarded as the holy grail of power generation because it harnesses the same atomic process that powers the sun. The concept involves forcing atomic nuclei to fuse together, unleashing immense energy. If scientists can crack the code using lasers, it could lead to a virtually limitless supply of safe, sustainable energy without any carbon emissions.
NASA laser-based data transmission demonstrates serviceable internet 290 million miles from Earth
Scrolling Instagram should be a piece of cake for future Mars colonists
This $500 laser hacking device zaps chips to expose firmware secrets
Laser fault injection made open source and affordable
Star Wars Project in South Korea will use anti-aircraft laser weapons against drones
Certainly not "an elegant weapon for a more civilized age"
NASA uses laser link to beam data 140 million miles across space at 25 Mbps
Using lasers to send data across the cosmos
Starlink satellites exchange petabytes of data per day through space laser links
Using the laser system to directly beam the internet to the surface is an entirely different matter
DragonFire laser weapon can hit a coin from a kilometer away for around $13 a shot
Lasers can accurately track and destroy aerial targets
Kickstarter promises to bring this all-in-one 3D printer and laser to market
So far it's blasted past its funding goal with 39 days still to go
NASA successfully beams laser message over 10 million miles in historic milestone
Forty times farther than the moon is from the Earth
Scientists could use lasers and mirrors to melt the moon's surface into roads
Paved roads and landing pads would mitigate dust, a major problem for lunar missions
NASA will test laser communication to speed up data transmission in space
Forward-looking: The US space agency will soon send a new, experimental laser communication technology into space that is expected to show potential data transmission rates that are 10 to 100 times the speed of current state-of-the-art radio systems. The device is installed aboard the Psyche spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch no earlier than October 5, 2023.
Japanese researchers cut semiconductor wafers from diamonds with a new laser technique
Diamonds could replace silicon for some hi-tech applications
US Navy brings down drone with all-electric laser weapon for first time
The laser should also be effective against missiles
CERN physicists figured out how to study antimatter by cooling it with a laser
"My next dream is to make a 'fountain' of anti-atoms by tossing the laser-cooled antimatter into free space"
Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Optical Drives
You don't have to use magnetism or electrical charge to store data. It can be done using light, or more rather, the reflection of it. Okay, if you want to be really specific, it's done using the interference of infrared and visible electromagnetic waves, but let's not worry too much about that!
