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Anti-Laser Eyewear Filters Multiple Wavelengths

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PORTON DOWN, England, Oct. 16, 2012 — Eyewear that blocks a variety of wavelengths to protect pilots against different types of lasers shined into cockpits is now being tested by Britain’s Ministry of Defense. “There are an increasing number of incidents of inexpensive lasers being used to distract pilots, so we have been researching advanced technologies to mitigate this hazardous and potentially lethal distraction,” said Dr. Craig Williamson, principal scientist at the UK’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). Courtesy of Federal Aviation Administration Shining lasers at...Read full article

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    Published: October 2012
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