The Navy is pushing ahead with a five-year, $163 million dollar plan to bring the “Holy Grail” of energy weapons up to battlefield strength. Wired.com
Again. Nothing new.
Monthly Archives March 2008
Navy Pushing Laser ‘Holy Grail’ to Weapons Grade
laser illusion
DSC01926, originally uploaded by Bertram Decosta.
Illusive light
Awakenings “detroit special” 07
Awakenings "detroit special" 07, originally uploaded by vnz_76.
Awakenings “Detroit Special” in de Gashouder in Amsterdam.
23-03-2008
laser painted hand
Self Portrait, originally uploaded by marksmagiceye.
gift from pathan
originally uploaded by perfectlymadebirds.
Laser gun 
Ferries targeted in laser attacks
A Ferry driver has been the subject of a laser attack on Sydney harbour.
Witnesses have told police the laser beam came from a man standing on the Rose Bay public wharf.
The ferry was passing around Seven Thirty when a green laser was shone into the cabin – temporarily blinding the skipper.
Laser attacks on police chopper
Three men are being questioned by police over separate laser attacks on the Polair police helicopter during the Easter long weekend. link
Anti-missile system pushed for commercial planes
Defense contractor, Northrop Grumman — maker of a system to protect planes from shoulder-fired missiles, is trying to tap a market that bridges the military and civilian worlds.
The anti-missile systems work by detecting incoming missiles and emitting an eye-safe laser beam that interferes with the missiles’ guidance system and deflects the missile away from the plane.
More at CNN.com
Bach’s face recreated with the help of laser
Forensic artists at the University of Dundee, led by Dr. Caroline Wilkinson, used laser-based scanning to recreate the face of Johan Sebastian Bach.
Wilkinson and her team have considerable expertise in the area of facial reconstruction and have worked on everything from criminal investigations to historical projects. In this case they were provided with a bronze cast of Bach’s skull from the Bachhaus Museum and asked if they could then “build” the composer’s face from this.
“We carried out a laser scan of the skull that allowed us to recreate the musculature and skin of the face on our computer system,” Wilkinson says. “By assessing the bone structure we can determine facial morphology and produce an accurate picture of his facial appearance.”
via: Bio Optics World
Israel against buying a U.S.-produced anti-rocket laser
Israel has decided against buying a U.S.-produced anti-rocket laser for the border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip because of the device’s poor performance in field tests, a top Israeli defence official said on Monday.
Israeli state arms firm Rafael is developing Iron Dome, which is designed to shoot down Palestinian rockets from Gaza with miniature missiles, but that system is not expected to be operational before 2010.
More at Reuters AlertNet
