LASERS

This Particle Accelerator Is Barely Bigger Than a Grain of Rice

Just getting a particle up to near the speed of light isn’t good enough for today’s physics. To properly unravel the fundamentals of the universe, particles have to be smashed together with enormous force. And two Stanford researchers have just devised a laser-based method that imparts ten times the power of traditional methods at a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 1

Holy Crap, This Real-Life Laser Rifle Cuts Through Metal Like Nothing

We’ve seen real laser guns before, pulling off tricks like starting small fires, or popping black balloons. That’s cool, sure, but it’s got nothing—and I mean nothing—on this crazy handheld laser rifle that eats metal for breakfast. https://gizmodo.com/this-insane-homemade-lightsabre-burns-straight-through-510073475 Developed by TWI this laser-cutter was initially designed for use by Terminators robots, but a few recent…

Tech News Eric Limer Sep 28

In the Future, Wars Will Be Fought with Lasers and Robots

If you take a step back and really think about it, we’re living in a pretty futuristic age. People are flying around on jetpacks. Everybody’s carrying around pocket computers. We go to space, like, all the time. We can control prosthetic limbs with our minds. Pretty futuristic! Not everyone is so convinced, though. https://gizmodo.com/worlds-first-fully-bionic-mind-controlled-leg-goes-fo-1401152071 For…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Sep 27

The Art of the Hologram Is Alive in This Underground Laboratory

Holograms occupy a strange place in our visual culture. Encountering a genuinely innovative holographic image can elicit wonder and joy, yet the technology has struggled to transcend election night gimmicks and Tupac exploitation. But for those who run the Holographic Studios in NYC, creating 3D images remains an obsession and an art. https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-dead-tupac-perform-as-a-hologram-at-coachella-5902274 Jason Sapan,…

Tech News Michael Hession Sep 13

A Laser-Filled Room Lets You Indulge Your Entrapment Fantasies

Heist movies like Ocean’s Twelve and Entrapment often feature the now-cliché laser-filled room that requires a limber thief to skillfully navigate the beams lest they trigger an alarm. And as old hat as that’s become, it would admittedly still be pretty fun to try it in real life—so the folks at Nerdworking built one for…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 21

This High-Speed Digital Camera Can Freeze Objects Moving 7,500 MPH

When it comes to high-speed photography—and we’re talking about freezing explosions and other occurrences that are over in just thousandths of a second—something known as film-based streak photography has always been the go-to technology. But as film continues its slow death, a company called MetroLaser has come up with a digital alternative that can freeze…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 15

New Cancer Treatment Kills the Bad Cells with Nanoparticles and Lasers

Fighting cancer is getting very 22nd century with the introduction of a new technique from researchers at the University of Georgia. The science of it gets a little bit complicated, but suffice it to say it’s pretty futuristic. Lasers and nanoparticles are involved. Coaxing the immune system into fighting cancer has long been an area…

Health Adam Clark Estes Aug 14

Shine On, You Crazy Levitating Diamond Particle

See that tiny green pinprick of light? That’s a speck of diamond dust trapped in the grip of a laser beam. And with its help, researchers hope to better understand the border-world between macro and quantum physics. The team, led by University of Rochester assistant professor of optics, Nick Vamivakas, has submitted a paper for…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 13

A (Toy) Shark With a Frickin’ Laser (Pointer) Attached To Its Head

As lasers go, this pointer won’t do much damage outside of maybe burning a few retinas if pointed in the wrong direction. However, if you’re a supervillain presenting your plans for world domination to a panel of evil venture capitalists (redundant, we know) this shark with a frickin’ laser pointer is the only way to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 8

Scientists Ditch Guns For Lasers To Insert DNA Into Cells

Step one in any project involving genetic modification is to get the genes you want into the cells you want changed. Traditionally, this meant shooting microscopic DNA-coated bullets at the cells and hoping the DNA got inside without blowing the cells to smithereens. It sounds messy, and it is. Now, researchers in South Korea have…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Aug 7

Laser-Equipped Planes Detect Turbulence Before Passengers Get Jostled

Rough weather caused by clouds and storms is easy for pilots and ground crews to spot and avoid when planning a flight route. But even perfectly clear skies can be full of invisible pockets of CAT—or clear-air turbulence—that are now easier to spot and predict thanks to a European laser-based detection system known as DELICAT.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 6

This Absurd Laser Lighter Is 2000 Times More Powerful Than the Sun

I can’t stop watching this guy burn through different materials with a preposterously intense laser that he built into a Zippo case. Metal, plastic, wood, rubber—these are no match for the laser lighter. Uhh, this is dangerous. The video is a tad slow, but the destruction is worth it. (It starts to get good about…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Aug 1

It’s Dumb Easy to Wreck a $20,000 Camera with Just a Couple Lasers

Lasers are bad for your eyes, so it shouldn’t be a surprise they’re bad for cameras too. This clip shows exactly how trivial it is for a laser to pop inside a $20,000 piece of equipment and totally scramble its brains. The camera in question here is a Red EPIC—a bit more expensive than the…

Tech News Eric Limer Jul 13

NASA’s 3D-Printed Rocket Injector Test: A Beautiful Inferno

NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne tested their first 3D-printed rocket engine injector today. What you see above is the little guy passing the test with flying—and flaming—colors. Success is a beautiful thing. The process used to create the injector, which NASA likes to call “additive manufacturing,” is actually a step or two more insanely awesome than…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer Jul 11

What Could Be Better Than a Laser? Try a Six-Barrel Laser Gatling Gun

The last time we checked in with Patrick Priebe he’d crafted a replica of the Dead Space plasma cutter using a pair of 1.5-watt blue lasers. This time he’s back with a ridiculous spinning gatling gun packing a total of six 1.4-watt blue lasers, and a less intense green laser used for targeting. Watch in…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 4

How Did It Take So Long to Make a Star Trek Phaser Laser Pointer?

Combining a simple red laser pointer with a Star Trek phaser toy seems so incredibly obvious, but apparently it’s taken this long for a clever entrepreneur to put those pieces together and come up with thisadorable keychain that actually fires a glowing blast. That, or it’s taken years to negotiate the Star Trek licensing rights.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 3

Researchers Have Found a Way To Cram 1,000 Terabytes Onto a Single DVD

Now that its bigger brother Blu-ray has stolen the spotlight, paltry 4.7 GB DVDs have slowly started to fade into obscurity. But could they be poised for a comeback? A trio of Chinese scientists have discovered a breakthrough process that could, at least in theory, allow a DVD to store a whopping 1,000 TB—or a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 21

Nike’s Roving Laser Bus Created Soccer Fields Out of Thin Air

When you’re a kid, all you need is a handful of backpacks and crumpled up coats to turn an empty playground into a soccer field. But to promote its new soccer shoes designed for street use, Nike worked with ad agency DoubleYou in Madrid, Spain, to come up with a better way to create an…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 19

Asbestos-Detecting Lasers: Finally a Weapon For the Good Guys

Graphene might be the latest and greatest hero of the scientific community, but lasers are still awesome and have a new trick up their sleeves to prove it. Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom have developed a device that can detect the presence of airborne asbestos particles—a fireproof material now known…

Health Andrew Liszewski Jun 5

This Insane Homemade Lightsaber Burns Straight Through Things

OK, so this should be labelled with extreme hazard warnings or something. A crazy laser enthusiast actually built his own lightsaber capable of burning straight through things. The monster 3W laser, made from a diode taken out of a DLP projector bolted to two high-power lithium ion laptop batteries, is capable of burning straight through…

Tech News Sam Gibbs - Gizmodo UK May 28

This Particle Accelerator Is Barely Bigger Than a Grain of Rice

Holy Crap, This Real-Life Laser Rifle Cuts Through Metal Like Nothing

In the Future, Wars Will Be Fought with Lasers and Robots

The Art of the Hologram Is Alive in This Underground Laboratory

A Laser-Filled Room Lets You Indulge Your Entrapment Fantasies

This High-Speed Digital Camera Can Freeze Objects Moving 7,500 MPH

New Cancer Treatment Kills the Bad Cells with Nanoparticles and Lasers

Shine On, You Crazy Levitating Diamond Particle

A (Toy) Shark With a Frickin’ Laser (Pointer) Attached To Its Head

Scientists Ditch Guns For Lasers To Insert DNA Into Cells

Laser-Equipped Planes Detect Turbulence Before Passengers Get Jostled

This Absurd Laser Lighter Is 2000 Times More Powerful Than the Sun

It’s Dumb Easy to Wreck a $20,000 Camera with Just a Couple Lasers

NASA’s 3D-Printed Rocket Injector Test: A Beautiful Inferno

What Could Be Better Than a Laser? Try a Six-Barrel Laser Gatling Gun

How Did It Take So Long to Make a Star Trek Phaser Laser Pointer?

Researchers Have Found a Way To Cram 1,000 Terabytes Onto a Single DVD

Nike’s Roving Laser Bus Created Soccer Fields Out of Thin Air

Asbestos-Detecting Lasers: Finally a Weapon For the Good Guys

This Insane Homemade Lightsaber Burns Straight Through Things

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