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Lasers (40 posts)

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Finally, a Legitimate Excuse for Playing With Our Lasers! [Lasers]

Tech Jamboree ― We've made fun in past of Wicked Lasers and their vast inventory of seemingly useless laser devices. Now, at long last, it seems we've found a legitimate excuse for playing with out lasers. More&nbsp... (more)
 Barry ― Posted 4 days ago
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Researchers Turn Bubbles Into Laser-Controlled Microrobots [Video]

Tech Jamboree ― Of all the exotic space-age materials you can use to build a robot, we never thought bubbles would be a viable option. But researchers at the University of Hawaii have done just that with a microscopic... (more)
 Barry ― Posted 5 days ago
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ASTAMIDS Fly-By Mine Detectors Save US Lives and Limbs [Monster Machines]

Tech Jamboree ― IEDs are far and away the greatest threat to our armed forces in Afghanistan, having killed nearly 700 soldiers since 2001 and accounting for roughly half of all US troop deaths in the region since 2008... (more)
 Barry ― Posted 17 days ago
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Hundreds Of Balloons Fall Victim to a Giant Laser [Video]

Tech Jamboree ― Watching thousands upon thousands of dominos fall in series just doesn't excite us like it used to. OK, it was never really that exciting. So we're hoping the next fad has people using high-powered las... (more)
 Barry ― Posted 17 days ago
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Congress Wants Broken Laser to Zap North Korea’s Broken Missiles [Lasers]

Tech Jamboree ― North Korea's missile program seems to be moving backwards, with its latest failed launch crapping out earlier than its 2009 dud. Yet House Republicans still want a flying, missile-zapping laser cannon ... (more)
 Barry ― Posted 26 days ago
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Super-Precise Laser Scalpel Minimizes Collateral Damage [Medicine]

Tech Jamboree ― An ultra-fast tiny laser can work as a miniature scalpel inside the body, making careful incisions or excisions while leaving healthy tissue intact. It is more effective than a doctor's metal scalpel or... (more)
 Barry ― Posted 29 days ago
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Laser Sharks Are Coming to an Ocean Near You [Video]

Tech Jamboree ― You know what future? You can keep your flying cars and ray guns and sex bots (actually, scratch those last two) because the future that 1997 promised me is finally, actually happening. That's right&mda... (more)
 Barry ― Posted on Apr 27th, 2012
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Even Ensign Jimmy Has a Fighting Chance with This DIY Phaser [Video]

Tech Jamboree ― 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 ... (more)
 Barry ― Posted on Apr 27th, 2012
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OSU Powers Up a 500 Trillion Watt Laser [Fusion]

Tech Jamboree ― 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&mdas... (more)
 Barry ― Posted on Apr 23rd, 2012
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And Lo! Another Useless Laser Was Born [Lasers]

Tech Jamboree ― 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. M... (more)
 Barry ― Posted on Apr 20th, 2012
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How We’ll Control Lightning with Laser Beams [Science]

Tech Jamboree ― The lightning rod hasn't exactly needed improvement since its inception by Ben Franklin in 1749, but that isn't stopping a French research team's efforts to replace the charge-catching metal poles with ... (more)
 Barry ― Posted on Mar 31st, 2012
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This Futuristic Camera Can See Around Corners Using Lasers [Cameras]

Tech Jamboree ― A group of scientists have developed a camera that can take pictures of things that are hidden by walls. Not through X-Ray vision but with the ability to see around corners. That is, if an image is bloc... (more)
 Barry ― Posted on Mar 20th, 2012
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36 Truly Awesome Photographs of Lasers [Shooting Challenge]

Tech Jamboree ― Lasers. They're pretty much the most wonderful thing the Man has ever invented. So for this week's Shooting Challenge, you shot lasers, and lasers shot you. More » (more)
 Barry ― Posted on Mar 13th, 2012
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Shooting Challenge: LASERS [Shooting Challenge]

Tech Jamboree ― Pew pew. Click. Click. For this week's Shooting Challenge, you'll be unleashing lasers. More » (more)
 Barry ― Posted on Mar 7th, 2012
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How Did a Laser Cool This Semiconductor To Almost Absolute Zero? [Science]

Tech Jamboree ― It's completely counterintuitive, but scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute have succeeded in cooling a semiconductor membrane to −452.2°F, almost seven degrees above absolute zero, using a powerful... (more)
 Barry ― Posted on Feb 29th, 2012