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Weapons
US Air Force Successfully Tests Tactical Laser From A C-130 Plane
9:20AM Adrian Covert | According to Boeing, the U.S. Air Force tested an oxygen-iodine laser with a 15km range in the New Mexico desert, calling the trial run a success. More »
Science
World’s Largest Laser Now Open for Business
4:20AM Adam Frucci | The $US3.5 billion National Ignition Facility is finally open for business. Housed in a 10 story building as wide as three football fields, it will aim 192 laser beams at a 2mm ball of frozen hydrogen gas to achieve nuclear fusion—in 2040. More »
Weapons
DIY Coil Gun with Laser Gun Sight Fires at 110km/h
10:27PM Jesus Diaz | If an atomic zombie is molesting you, get this coil gun, aim with its built-in laser gun sight and pew-pew a metal projectile at 110km/h into his rotting cranium, with a total energy of 18 joules. More »
Design
Laser-Cut Paper Lamps Let Chinese Lanterns Know Their 15-Centuries Are Up
12:20PM Andi Wang | At the BKLYN Designs show this year, designers Levent & Romme added a technological twist to their traditional techniques of craftsmanship by using lasers to cut out these illustrations on watercolor-paper lanterns. More »
Weapons
Boeing Working on Free Electron Lasers for the US Navy
1:30PM Adrian Covert | The US Navy has contracted Boeing to work on a Free Electron Laser, which would provide ships with an ultra-precise weapon capable of striking targets with lethal force, causing minimal nearby damage. More »
Science
Stitching Wounds Using Lasers
5:30PM Elaine Chow | We know lasers cut things, but now they’re being used to stitch things up too? Doctors at Tel Aviv University have figured out a way to weld skin shut by meticulously control a laser’s heat. More »
Gadgets
The Laser Toothbrush Pew! Pews! Logical Reasoning
8:15AM Mark Wilson | Colgate? Dead. Crest? Gone. Aquafresh? Don’t make us laugh. Look, people—laser toothbrushes are here. That means no more tarter, cavities or root canals. Life will be better. From the manufacturer Smart Miracles: More »
QOTD
Would Military Budget Cuts Affect Technology Innovation?
7:00AM Jesus Diaz | In case you haven’t noticed, the military test craze these days is amazing. More »
Weapons
Make a Blue Laser Gun Out of the Corpse of an HD-DVD Drive
6:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Instructables has posted a guide for how to yank the blue diode out of a dusty Xbox 360 HD-DVD player and attach it to a (fake) gun to create…. a laser gun! It’s a pretty easy little mod, if you have the equipment lying around (and a laser gun sight you don’t use), and when you’re done, you’ve got a blue laser pistol powerful enough to light a match or pop a balloon. [Instructables] More »
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