The reason people are so pumped about solid-state hard drives right now is because they’re super-speedy. But if you think your SSD is fast, just wait until a new breed of laser-based hard drives comes to market. More »
The Hobbit being shot at 48fps? Pathetic. MIT’s trillion fps camera? Pokey at best. Just wait until you see the video a team of German researchers have created. It’s two frames long, lasts just 50 femtoseconds, and doesn’t star Nic Cage. More »
You’re looking at the heart of the most powerful X-Ray laser machine ever created by humans, billions of times stronger than anything before it. It’s the Linac Coherent Light Source and it has created something that nobody has made before in this planet: the kind of matter that you can only find in the heart of stars and giant planets. More »
Even the most patient crafter would lose their mind cutting out this intricate 12-inch model of the Eiffel Tower by hand. So thank goodness we’ve harnessed the powers of lasers that make short work of this complicated task. More »
You won’t be saving the world with Genius’ new Ring Presenter, a sleeker, upgraded version of their Ring Mouse. But with a built-in laser and added PowerPoint functionality, you just might come to the rescue at your next corporate meeting. More »
Paranoid about future unrest after this summer’s riots in the UK, the British went and developed a laser rifle which can project a wall of light and temporarily blind a pack of rioters. More »
The next time you’re annoying people from afar with your laser pointer, you’ll have a greater appreciation for its bright and focused beam after watching One Minute Physics break down the theoretical science behind how it works. More »
Whether peering towards the centre of the Earth or searching for Jupiter’s “warm dense matter”, our understanding of a planet’s core remains largely theoretical. Europe’s newest new laser array, however, can recreate those same intense conditions here on the surface — using diamond anvils and X-ray beams. More »
They’re calling it a 3D laser display, but I see all my holographic dreams being projected without a screen in mid-air. Now if we could only stuff it into an R2 unit. More »
The Air Force thinks the future of weapons isn’t guns and bombs — it’s Directed Energy Weapons — killing devices so sophisticated, most of them don’t exist yet. But just in case, the AF’s covering their arses with these safety guidelines. Zap. More »
