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NIST System Helps Police Pinpoint Laser Attacks
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 16, 2014 — A simple measurement system that characterizes the beams from laser pointers could help law enforcement cope with the growing aviation threat of laser attacks.
Thermal Imaging Helps Nab Bombing Suspect
WATERTOWN, Mass., April 22, 2013 — The photonic technology of thermal imaging was literally in the spotlight on the evening of April 19 as law enforcement officials used it to monitor and capture suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. On April 15, two bombs exploded in...
Agiltron Offices Searched by Federal Agents
WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 24, 2013 — Federal agents and local police Wednesday searched the offices of government contractor Agiltron Inc., a maker of photonic components and systems, in an apparent investigation, according to media reports.
Blinded by the Light
Oct 4, 2010 — I like to mess with my siblings’ cats sometimes when I get my hands on a laser pointer, You know: make them tumble over themselves trying to catch the tiny red spot dancing across the carpet, occasionally convince them to run headlong into the...
Alleged Laser-wielder Indicted
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 30, 2010 — A Warwick man was indicted by a federal grand jury and arraigned in US District Court in Providence on charges of willfully interfering with the safe operation of an airborne commercial aircraft and endangering the safety of the passengers and crew....
Purchase Contract
Aug 1, 2010 — The FBI has awarded a contract to Optra Inc. of Topsfield, Mass., to supply laser event recorders that will be used to fight the laser dazzle problem faced by pilots worldwide. The ultraprecision measurement solutions provider originally developed...
Optra to Supply FBI with Laser Event Recorders
TOPSFIELD, Mass., June 30, 2010 — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Optra Inc. a contract to supply laser event recorders (LER) that will be utilized to fight the laser dazzle problem faced by pilots worldwide. The ultra precision measurement solutions...
AU Optronics Execs Indicted for Price-Fixing
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2010 — A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment against AU Optronics Corp., the largest Taiwanese thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display panels (TFT-LCD) producer and seller, its Houston-based American subsidiary, and six of its...
FBI Probes NASA Theft
GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 3, 2009 – The FBI searched the office of Samim Anghaie, a scientist at the University of Florida (UF), amid a probe alleging that he and his family stole “hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegally obtained government funds” from NASA, according to media...
Should Scientists Beware of the Government?
Aug 28, 2008 — Even if you don't work for the government, auditors can shut down your lab. According to a co-worker at a lab that I worked for, one such auditor said that if he wanted to, he could order our lab to replace all of the tiling in the floor of our...
WVU Named FBI Biometrics Partner
Feb 6, 2008 — West Virginia University (WVU) is the FBI's lead academic partner in biometrics research under an agreement signed today at the university, in Morgantown, W.V. WVU will provide biometrics research support to the FBI and its law enforcement and...
Colleges Put on Spy Alert
BOSTON, June 12, 2007 -- Universities have been warned to be on the alert for "foreign spies or potential terrorists who may be trying to steal unclassified, yet sensitive, research," the Associated Press (AP) reported today. The AP said agents from the FBI's Boston...
House OKs Laser Pointer Bill
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2007 -- Anyone who is seized by the urge to point a laser pointer at the cockpit of an airplane might think better of it, thanks to a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would make it a criminal act punishable by five years in prison. Sponsored...
NASA Laser Helps Crime Scene Detectives
Mar 1, 2006 — KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., March 1, 2006 -- NASA's new photographic laser device was designed to assess damage to the space shuttle, but its creators are finding the device has other practical applications, such as providing more details in crime...
Feds Crack Down on Laser Pointers
Feb 16, 2006 — ROMULUS, Mich., Feb. 16, 2006 – After 16 pilots complained that someone shined potentially blinding laser light into their cockpits while they were landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Monday night, federal authorities say they are cracking...
Corning Settles Suit with Picvue, Former Corning Worker Arrested
Oct 20, 2005 — CORNING, N.Y. & TAINAN, Taiwan, Oct. 20 -- Corning Inc. and Picvue Electronics Ltd., a Taiwan manufacturer of components used in display devices such as TVs, laptops and mobile phones, have settled a trade secret and copyright infringement...
Handheld Laser 'Not a Deathray'
Jan 7, 2005 — CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 7 -- The New Jersey man who admitted to shining a laser device at an Atlantic Aviation airplane last week used a Jasper laser manufactured by Bigha, an Oregon-based company that says the laser is "a thousand times less powerful...
Handheld Laser 'Not a Deathray'
Jan 7, 2005 — CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 7 -- The New Jersey man who admitted to shining a laser device at an Atlantic Aviation airplane last week used a Jasper laser manufactured by Bigha, an Oregon-based company that says the laser is "a thousand times less powerful...
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