We may have a few years to go until the advent of Warp Drive technology (fingers crossed for 2063) and full-fledged Tricorders, the development of Phasers is well under way. Behold the balloon-popping efficiency of this early prototype.
We’ve got a pretty good handle on creating short fusion reactions — just look at the H-bomb. But in the 60 years since the weapon’s invention, we still haven’t figured out sustained fusion reactions — the holy grail of energy production. A new high-power laser on the OSU campus could soon help solve that scientific conundrum.
We’ve got nothing but undying love for slingshot master Joerg Sprave. But if we had to select a weapon of choice, it would probably be Patrick Priebe’s saw blade-launching laser-sighted Blade Driver crossbow.
Laser lovers everywhere will delight in the knowledge that the world’s #1 bestselling laser company, Wicked Lasers, has developed yet another laser with which to do their unspecified lasery things.
Looking for a way to boost sales after the 2011 tsunami, a Japanese manufacturer of nori (sheets of seaweed used to make sushi rolls) turned to ad agency I&SBBDO for help.
Yo’ coherent light source is so fat, it takes 37 seconds to trace the electron’s beam path — in fast forward.
Perhaps taking inspiration from Tom Dickson’s Will It Blend?, this guy decided to throw an iPad 3 in front of a bunch of lasers, specifically the Krypton and Arctic series from Wicked Lasers. It takes a while for the beams to do their thing, but when they do, much fire is involved.
The United States’ National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, California, has fired the most powerful laser in history, a record-breaking two-megajoule shot. The laser was originally designed to reach 1.875 megajoules, but it beat everyone’s expectations, setting a new world record.
What is it with the internet and destroying stuff? Well, I suppose it never did Mythbusters any harm. New iPad, meet high intensity lasers…
