Lasers

WATCH: Powerful Laser Pops 100 Balloons

Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Tech

The US Military might have already deployed lasers which can take down military drones, but somehow this seems even cooler. A powerful burning lase...

WATCH: US Navy Destroys Drone With Mega Laser

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Tech

The US Navy has demonstrated a deadly 'mega laser' which can blow drones out of the sky. And their new toy is apparently so effective it's coming t...

Laser Builds Spaceship Thinner Than A Human Hair In 50 Seconds

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.05.2013 | UK Tech

The concept of 3D printing is nothing new - but printing spaceships smaller than a human hair in less than a minute is. A company named Nanoscribe ...

Tractor Beam Tested In Real-Life

PA | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Tech

A real-life miniature version of the "tractor beam" featured in the Star Trek series has been created by a team of scientists which could be used in m...

Weaponised Laser Cannon Can Shoot Drones (And Mortars) Out Of Mid-Air

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK Tech

A German defense firm has built a laser cannon capable of blasting drones out of the sky. The high-energy laser can shoot fast-moving drones at...

WATCH: Wind Tunnel 'Made Out Of Light'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK Tech

A team on animators and computer engineers has created a wind tunnel which uses light instead of, well, wind. The video recreates the path of air a...

WATCH: Nintendo Light Gun Fitted With 'Ridiculously Powerful' (Real) Laser

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 23.11.2012 | UK Tech

A team of nostalgic gamers and gadget hackers have turned a Nintendo Light Gun into a real - and deadly - laser gun. The North Street Labs team too...

Scientists Fire World's Most Powerful Laser

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 15.09.2012 | UK Tech

Scientists have fired the world's most powerful laser. The laser delivered 500 trillion watts of power, and 1.85 megajoules of ultraviolet light - ...

Planes Can Be Fuelled From The Ground Using Lasers

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK Tech

Planes could in soon be refuelled mid-flight by ground-based lasers after successful tests of the technology. Lockheed Martin said that its Stalker...

Luke Tipple Attaches Frickin Lasers To Shark In Bahamas

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 04.05.2012 | UK Tech

Your worst fear is here, if a shark with frickin lasers is it. After putting the call out on Facebook, a laser company in the US has attached a laser ...

Virtual Rainbow Shines Over Tyneside - PHOTOS

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Tech

A laser light display brought a vibrant rainbow to the night skies of North Tyneside, to mark the 2012 Cultural Olympiad celebrations in the north eas...

UK Laser Nuclear Fusion Project Commences

BBC | Melanie Hick | Posted 08.11.2011 | UK Tech

The UK has formally joined forces with a US laser lab in a bid to develop clean energy from nuclear fusion....