Interesting Engineering

World’s most affordable military laser can shoot down 200 drones in single blast

Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has recently unveiled the world’s most affordable high-energy laser ...

Are laser-powered tape measures legit? It took just minutes to make me a believer

Take tape measures, once a palm-sized object that housed a metal ribbon that could snap back enthusiastically -- has been transformed into a palm-sized device with with a laser inside. Yup, the ...
Aviation Week Network

Mass-Producible U.S. Army Laser Program Closer To Acquisition Phase

The U.S. Army has started gathering market information and scheduled a live-fire demonstration to support the first program ...

Using this handy laser tape measure for only a few minutes had me hooked - here's why

Take tape measures, once a palm-sized object that housed a metal ribbon that could snap back enthusiastically -- has been transformed into a palm-sized device with with a laser inside. Yup, the ...
optics.org

Innsbruck and Harvard develop new way to generate laser light – without mirrors

In conventional lasers, mirrors are essential to bounce light back and forth, stimulating coherent emission from excited atoms or molecules, and thus light amplification.
IEEE

Flexible, Super-Stable, and Multifunctional Capacitive Pressure Sensors With Tilted Micropillar Array by Inclined Laser Ablation and Demolding

Abstract: Flexible capacitive pressure sensors have garnered considerable interest across diverse applications, including medical monitoring, electronic skin, and robotic tactile systems, owing to ...