803 Results From "laser"

Raytheon just delivered a functional laser cannon to the Air Force, designed specifically to take down swarms of hostile drones.
Future Society

The Air Force Just Got a Brutal New Laser Cannon

Cybercriminals could hack Siri, Alexa, and other voice-activated AI assistants using beams of light, according to new research.
Artificial Intelligence

Hackers Can Access Your Alexa by Shining a Laser in Your Window

Researchers at Harvard built a tiny microscale surgical robot, only about the size of a tennis ball, which was inspired by origami.
Robotics

This Miniature Surgery Robot Was Inspired by Origami

Some carbon-rich exoplanets could be made out of diamonds and silica, according to a new study published recently in The Planetary Science Journal.
Science & Energy

Scientists: There Are Likely Entire Planets Made Out of Diamond and Silica

NASA's next-gen Mars rover Perseverance is outfitted with not just one but two microphones. We could finally get to listen to the sounds of Mars.
Mars

NASA’s Next Rover Will Bring First-Ever Microphone to Mars

Perseverance will be bringing a rock back to Mars that scientists believe to have originated on Mars roughly 600,000 to 700,000 years ago.
Science & Energy

Here’s Why NASA’s Next Rover is Bringing a Mars Rock Back to Mars

According to Musk's enthusiasm on Twitter, the exterior of Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck could be heated and tempered to get a variety of colors.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Metal Can Be Etched, Heated Into a Rainbow

According to Ars Technica, cutting-edge research into ultra-powerful lasers could pulse a laser "through fabric of the Universe."
Science & Energy

New Lasers May Be Powerful Enough to Drill a Hole in Reality

At exactly 7:50 am EDT this morning, NASA successfully launched its Perseverance rover mission to Mars from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Mars

NASA Blasts Off Most Sophisticated Mars Mission in Human History

Astronomers have spotted what they claim to be the most massive collision of two black holes ever, creating a black hole of about 150 solar masses.
Black Holes

Astronomers Claim to Have Spotted the Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever

Avi Loeb and the Great Unknown
Exobiology

Avi Loeb and the Great Unknown

Engineers built tiny, iron nanobots that they can implant and track inside a patient's body, which they say could be used to kill off cancer cells.
Cancer

These Scientists Say Nanobots Could Kill Individual Cancer Cells

France's defense minister has announced plans to develop anti-satellite laser weapons to help the nation prepare for potential future attacks.
Future Society

France to Develop Anti-Satellite Laser Weapons for Space Warfare

An astrophysicist thinks that the mysterious Planet Nine may really be a six centimeter-wide black hole. And he has a plan to finally find it.
Science & Energy

A Black Hole May Be Orbiting Our Sun. This Guy Wants to Find It.

Hong Kong protesters are reportedly shining high-powered laser beams at surveillance cameras to confuse facial recognition technology.
Facial recognition

Hong Kong Protesters Use Lasers to Block Facial Recognition Tech

A team of experts discovered an unusual celestial object that's 2.6 solar masses, too big to be a neutron star, too small to be a black hole.
Science & Energy

Astronomers May Have Discovered First-Ever “Black Neutron Star”

The Pentagon is working on a laser that can beam human speech directly into people's brains, tech that could warn intruders as they approach military bases.
Robots and Machines

Pentagon: New Laser Tech Can Make People Hear Voice Commands

Elon Musk's Neuralink hopes to one day use laser beams, and not a mechanical dril, to bore brain implant holes in the skull.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Will Use Lasers to Drill Holes In Your Skull

Russia's defense minister recently announced that the country has begun combat tests for both lasers and hypersonic weaponry.
Military

Russian Military Actively Testing Lasers, Hypersonic Weapons

MIT scientists developed a system of lasers that works like a remote ultrasound system: it can peer into a patient's body without touching them.
Developments

MIT Scientists Can Look at Your Insides From a Distance