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Inventor Builds Actual Laser Gun That Literally Sets Stuff on Fire When You Pull the Trigger
Robots and Machines

Inventor Builds Actual Laser Gun That Literally Sets Stuff on Fire When You Pull the Trigger

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists used laser pulses to hack the human eye into seeing a brand new color, which they termed "olo."
Developments

Scientists Hack Human Eye to See a Whole New Color, Called “Olo”

By Frank Landymore

New images seem to show a laser-fired nuclear fusion facility may be under development in southwestern China.
Energy

Satellite Images Show China Building What Appears to Be a Huge Fusion Facility

By Joe Wilkins

A team of scientists has found that the narrow beam of a laser can cast a shadow — a surprisingly counterintuitive finding.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Discovery of Light That Can Cast a Shadow

By Victor Tangermann

In China, scientists are developing technology that uses lasers to propel submarines nearly as fast as a jet engine. 
Advanced Transport

China Working on Super-Fast Submarines Powered by Lasers

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Chinese military claims it has developed technology that would allow for "infinite" lasers that don't go haywire.
Military

Chinese Military Says It’s Figured Out How to Build Laser Weapons That Can Fire Indefinitely

By Noor Al-Sibai

YouTuber Daniel Riley invented and built a laser-powered lawn mower — the epitome of something you shouldn't try to replicate at home.
Robots and Machines

Guy Builds Terrifying Laser-Powered Lawn Mower

By Victor Tangermann

Follow-up experiments attempting to recreate a landmark laser fusion breakthrough are falling far short of expectations, Nature reports.
Energy

Oops! Fusion Facility Keeps Failing to Recreate Last Year’s “Breakthrough” Record

By Victor Tangermann

Think your town is bad? At least you don't have such a bad crow problem that officials are planning to use lasers to get rid of them.
Science & Energy

Silicon Valley City to Use Cheapo Lasers to Fight Invasion of Furious Crows

By Noor Al-Sibai

China has developed a laser that could be mounted on a satellite to enable high-speed communication, tracking, and identifying targets, South China Morning Post reports.
Off-World

Chinese Researcher Says New Space Laser Is Definitely Not a Weapon

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has managed to lock down a rather unusual patent last week: using laser beams as windshield wipers, as first spotted by Electrek.
Tesla

Tesla Locks Down Patent for Laser Windshield Wipers

By Victor Tangermann

An Air Force Research Lab report predicts that missile defense force fields are coming soon, thanks to advances in laser technology.
Robots and Machines

Air Force Research Lab Says Force Fields Are “on the Horizon”

By Dan Robitzski

an Australian startup built a laser that could blast orbital debris orbiting the Earth out of the way without needing to launch any new spacecraft.
Space

Startup Says Its Super Powerful Laser Can Blast Space Junk From Down on the Earth’s Surface

By Dan Robitzski

A researcher told Agence France Presse that small laser pointers could be used to guide lightning strikes and thereby prevent them from igniting wildfires.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Laser Device Can Make Lightning Strike Specific Targets

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is building a huge dish in California that it hopes will allow Mars astronauts to communicate with Earth — using high-powered lasers.
Mars

NASA: Mars Astronauts Will Use Lasers to Communicate With Earth

By Jon Christian

China is reportedly working on a "laser attack platform" for cannons that can be attached to its military's planes, the South China Morning Post reports.
Future Society

China Wants to Mount Laser Cannons on Its Fighter Jets

By Victor Tangermann