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Controlling lightning with lasers, transforming dumps into parks, mapping subterranean passageways and more
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Laser-Based Technology is Making Archeology More Accessible
Souterrains are subterranean passageways in the Scottish Highlands from the Iron Age. Nobody, however, has seen one fully intact or understands what function they served. While surveying them has been a lengthy …
Via theguardian.com
Using Lasers to Direct Lightning Strikes
For the first time ever, scientists have redirected the path of lightning bolts with lasers. During a demonstration atop Switzerland’s Säntis mountain, researchers fired rapid laser pulses at thunderclouds for more than …
Via theverge.com
Levi’s Turns to Lasers for Ethical Jean Production
As denim distressing and various washes wax and wane in attention, hand-finishing and chemicals are used to achieve the look of the moment. Levi’s, however, wants to cut out all hazardous chemicals …
Via munchies.vice.com
Cooking Bacon with Lasers
From precision fabrication to denim distressing, laser-cutting has seen its fair share of applications. Now, Tokyo-based professor and tinkerer Kentaro Fukuchi is turning to laser technology to alter the way we prepare …
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Lockheed Martin’s Laser Beams
With their latest weapons demonstration, Lockheed Martin is proving that laser beam canons aren’t reserved just for science fiction. Using the Advanced Test High Energy Asset (or ATHENA), Lockheed burned a hole …