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Regulations Aim at Illegal Laser Activity
Oct 6, 2015 — Aircraft illumination by handheld lasers has become a worldwide problem — in the U.S., the FBI offers a $10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction of the crime. Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane! No, it’s a laser beam! And illegal use of them is growing. The hazard from these lasers is not to the aircraft frame, but to the pilot as a distraction. The distance from which these lasers present a retinal hazard makes it impractical for the
Eyewear Helps Thwart Laser-Pointer Attacks
Jan 22, 2014 — A basic news search for “laser pointer” returns a disturbing number of hits detailing incidents in which pilots or train conductors, law enforcement personnel, politicians and athletes have been targeted by readily available laser...
5 applications of optics we totally didn’t see coming
Feb 1, 2013 — Call it the law of unintended application: No matter one’s objective in developing a new technology, no matter how much the technology promises to address an important, heretofore unmet need in society, somebody will come up with an entirely...
A Communist Chocolate Hellhole
Dec 6, 2011 — Here’s what bothers me about time travel movies: When faced with someone claiming to be from the future, people will express disbelief for maybe a minute or two. After that, it’s all, “Oh please, Captain Tomorrow, please stop those...
‘Give a Damn About Laser Safety’
Aug 16, 2011 — We’ve all heard it, of course – as kids, some of us even as adults testing weed whackers in aisle 3 of our local home and garden store. “Put that down. That’s not a toy, you know.” We may not have heard it...
House Criminalizes Laser Pointing at Aircraft
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2011 — Those who knowingly aim laser pointers at aircraft will be charged with committing a federal crime subject to up to five years in prison under legislation passed by the House of Representatives. The Securing Cockpits Against Laser Pointer Act was...
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...
Method Bends Beams of Light
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 18, 2010 — Contrary to what we learned in science class, that light beams travel in straight lines, researchers have discovered light can indeed be bent. The researchers from Tel Aviv University call these rays ‘Airy beams’ after English...
Weak Laser Ignites Nanoparticles
GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 6, 2010 — Using a low-power laser engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive design. University of...
Tiny Lasers Plug ‘Green Gap’
TAMPERE, Finland, May 5, 2009 – Compact lasers can work in the 'green gap' -- formerly inaccessible parts of the spectrum -- and are suitable for mass production, thanks to pioneering work by a European consortium.
Summer of Laser Incidents
PITTSFIELD, Mass., Aug. 9, 2007 -- What would summer be without fireworks, lightning bugs, meteor showers, barbecues ... or laser pointers? Police and aviation authorities are increasingly reporting -- and in some cases are targets or even the source of -- laser devices being...
’Pilot’ Laser Study Launched
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2007 -- The US Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration have launched a study of reactions of pilots exposed to lasers, United Press International (UPI) reported today. The article city "an uneasy growth" in the incidents of lasers shown at the...
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...
'Overpowered' Laser Pointer Sales Prompt FDA Probe
Apr 21, 2005 — PITTSFIELD, Mass., April 21 -- The FDA is zeroing in on "overpowered" laser pointers amid concerns about their potential to cause eye damage and aircraft disasters, at the same time that online vendors -- especially from overseas -- are apparently...
Solution to the 'Green Problem' Demonstrated
Jan 1, 2004 — Intracavity frequency-doubled solid-state lasers are one of the photonics industry's all-time best sellers because they provide an efficient, compact and rugged source of coherent visible light for applications from surgery to spectroscopy to green...
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