Quantcast
Channel: lasers | BGR
Browsing all 13 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Revolutionary new laser system could detect bombs at airports in microseconds

There’s no evidence that the TSA has ever actually prevented a terrorist attack. In fact the head of the TSA was just forced to step down on Tuesday after an investigation conducted by Homeland...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

This homemade laser bazooka is just as incredible as it sounds

We try to feature some of the most insane, ridiculous, fantastic homemade inventions we can find on BGR on a semi-regular basis so when Engadget shared a video of a YouTuber wielding a 200-watt laser...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Scientists create ‘super laser’ which puts every other laser to shame

Lasers are one of those sci-fi staples that never seemed to really live up to its potential in the real world. Sure, lasers are cool, but even the most powerful ones are only useful for a handful of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Farmers are shooting lasers at birds to save their crops

Okay, okay, I know the future has, so far, been kind of lame in a lot of ways. Back in the 1950s, everyone assumed that by 2017 we’d all be cruising around in flying cars and taking regular trips to...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The US military will test jets with frickin’ laser beams attached to them

We may not live in a Star Wars-esque age of light speed travel and Death Stars, but that isn’t stopping the US military from turning its jet fighters into laser-firing weapons from the future. The Air...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Scientists are developing contact lenses that can shoot lasers from your eyes

Laser vision probably isn’t super high on your list of superhero abilities that you wish were real — flying, invisibility, and super strength are obviously much more desirable traits — but it may be...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

MIT scientists built a system that uses lasers to beam sound to your ears...

Hearing someone across a crowded room can be close to impossible thanks to the way sound waves spread, but what if we could project audio with the same precision that we can project light? Researchers...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

This laser-firing, firework-shooting plane is the craziest thing you’ll see...

If you’ve ever been to an airshow you know just how cool it can be to see pilots perform fast flybys and stunts that seem to defy the laws of physics, but what about after the Sun goes down? Most...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Scientists used lasers to reproduce exotic ice that might fill Uranus

Earth orbits the Sun at a distance that allows both liquid water and water ice to exist on its surface in ample amounts. We like to think we’re pretty familiar with the various forms water can take,...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

‘MOONRISE’ project will use lasers to melt Moon dust

Building a structure anywhere other than Earth is something that has never been done before… at least by mankind. We all like to imagine a colony of settlers eventually taking up residence on a place...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

NASA shot lasers at the Moon orbiter, and one of them finally bounced back

Scientists firing lasers at NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have finally hit a tiny reflective panel on the spacecraft after attempting to nail the mark for roughly a decade. The reflector is part...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

This breakthrough could make computers 1 million times faster

Researchers at the University of Rochester and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg have created the fastest logic gates ever. If the process is ever brought to market, the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Researchers built a laser that can supposedly run forever

Researchers have managed to create a never-ending laser they say can run forever. Unlike normal light-powered lasers, this laser draws its power from a special phase of matter. The researchers...

View Article

Browsing all 13 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images