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Laser VR: Projector + computer vision + laser pointer = fun!
On paper, Laser VR sounds like one of the worst product ideas ever: you need to buy an iPhone, a laser pointer, and a Pico projector just to get started, but darn if we here at TUAW aren't drooling over the prospect.An iPhone provides both the graphics generation piece, which is piped through a c...
Laser VR: Projector computer vision laser pointer = fun!
On paper, Laser VR sounds like one of the worst product ideas ever: you need to buy an iPhone, a laser pointer, and a Pico projector just to get started, but darn if we here at TUAW aren't drooling over the prospect.An iPhone provides both the graphics generation piece, which is piped through a c...
Researchers Turn Bubbles Into Laser-Controlled Microrobots [Video]
Of all the exotic space-age materials you can use to build a robot, we never thought bubbles would be a viable option. But researchers at the University of Hawaii have done just that with a microscopic robot creation made from a single bubble controlled by a laser.More »
Finally, a Legitimate Excuse for Playing With Our Lasers! [Lasers]
We've made fun in past of Wicked Lasers and their vast inventory of seemingly useless laser devices. Now, at long last, it seems we've found a legitimate excuse for playing with out lasers.More »
ASTAMIDS Fly-By Mine Detectors Save US Lives and Limbs [Monster Machines]
IEDs are far and away the greatest threat to our armed forces in Afghanistan, having killed nearly 700 soldiers since 2001 and accounting for roughly half of all US troop deaths in the region since 2008. The newly developed ASTAMIDS system aims to find these booby traps before our ground forces d...
Hundreds Of Balloons Fall Victim to a Giant Laser [Video]
Watching thousands upon thousands of dominos fall in series just doesn't excite us like it used to. OK, it was never really that exciting. So we're hoping the next fad has people using high-powered lasers to pop balloons like this record-setting run.More »
Real Lasers on Actual Sharks [Image Cache]
Last week, a company called Wicked Lasers promised to attach lasers to sharks if enough people Liked the idea on Facebook. They did. It happened. It is awesome.More »
Congress Wants Broken Laser to Zap North Korea's Broken Missiles [Lasers]
North Korea's missile program seems to be moving backwards, with its latest failed launch crapping out earlier than its 2009 dud. Yet House Republicans still want a flying, missile-zapping laser cannon to stop Pyongyang and its ballistic "threats."More »
Super-Precise Laser Scalpel Minimizes Collateral Damage [Medicine]
An ultra-fast tiny laser can work as a miniature scalpel inside the body, making careful incisions or excisions while leaving healthy tissue intact. It is more effective than a doctor's metal scalpel or even other laser devices, according to its developers at the University of Texas, because it l...
Even Ensign Jimmy Has a Fighting Chance with This DIY Phaser [Video]
We may have a few years to go until the advent of Warp Drive technology (fingers crossed for 2063) and full-fledged Tricorders, the development of Phasers is well under way. Behold the balloon-popping efficiency of this early prototype.More »
