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Zapping things from the sky: Airborne Boeing laser blasts ground target | NetworkWorld.com Community The Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser recently destroyed its first ground target on the White Sands Missile Range, with a five second burst peaking at 10W output. Now while the article deals...

We're not that far gone as last time, but unrelated ads are cropping up: Kaspersky and Symantec ads, one at the bottom of the page, and one INSIDE the quick-reply box's border! You've noticed, haven't you? I'm okay with laser-related ads, just don't let them take over the forum like last...

Researchers have created a new kind of laser: Nano-Lasers, small enough to be included in future optical computers. They generate laser light via small clouds of electrons near a surface, and are actually called 'spaser', for Surface Plasmon Amplification of Stimulated Emission. More in the...

Once again, I'm bringing you an article from slashdot, this time about a derivative of the Star Wars project. Slashdot | Airborne Laser Successfully Tracks, Hits Missile A high powered laser on a Boeing succesfully tracked and illuminated a test missile, although not at full power. It would...

Just saw something in the Hackaday.com feed, that might interest you guys: Some guys in Japan built a system they call "Sticky Light". Basically, it's a laser scanner, using a single photodetector, to look for dark objects, and stick to them. Since there is no imaging involved, tracking can...

I've checked now, and still haven't seen this posted by anyone else (unlike the laser ignition plug messup...). :) Japanese scientists claim to have created the first LD which puts out green light, without a frequency doubler crystal. It operates at 531nm right away, from a GaN crystal...

Slashdot just published this article in today's digest: apparrently, Ford and GSI are looking to lasers as an alternative to spark plugs. The article, as well as the references, remain vague on the technical bits, understandably, but what I read indicates they will be using NIR, and possibly...

Heat sink with fan and Condenser for sale These might not interest anybody, but I'm putting them up for sale. Post a price on them, I'll check shipping prices, and get back to you. Pictures tomorrow, I'm heading out for today... One Intel CPU heat sink, with the fan still on. I'll drill it...

Extreme Light Infrastructure & MacGyver's lasers :D You might want to check this out, if you haven't already done so... ELI : European Project > Extreme Light Infrastructure The EU is planning to build an exawatt-class laser in the ELI Project, and my city (Pécs) is so far the most likely...

I tore apart an old nameless DVD-drive(it might have been a burner, there were no markings on it), and for the life of me couldn't find the diode. The it occurred to me after reading a bit on laserwiki, and seeing closeups of open can diodes, that a little white spot I saw might be the diode...

Hey Everyone, My first post, and I'm probably going to piss off a lot of people with it, but here it comes: A friend heard about how I was into lasers, and asked me whether I could make her one that fits into a gutted MP3 player case(probably no problem with the dimension, I checked the specs...

Hi everyone, My name is ThunderBird, and I'm from Hungary. This unfortunately means that I'll be having a pretty hard time getting any of the components :( Currently, I'm attending university, and though I'm studying international relations, I'm also interested in technology and getting to see...