AN ambulance rescue helicopter has been attacked by laser pointers while transporting a badly injured man to hospital in Sydney’s southwest.
The crew had to alter their route to approach Liverpool Hospital safely, after a laser beam was pointed at the helicopter last night, a NSW Ambulance spokesman said.
via The Australian.
High-powered laser pointers that have been used to distract aircraft pilots will be banned in South Australia.
Lower-power pointers that are used in boardrooms will be exempt from the ban.
The Attorney-General, Michael Atkinson, says high-powered lasers will be a prohibited weapon, attracting up to two years’ imprisonment or a $10,000 fine.
“We want to stop idiots misusing laser pointers, high-powered laser pointers, that is laser pointers generating more than one milliwatt of power,” he said.
“We’ve had to consult widely because there are legitimate uses for laser pointers which generate less than one milliwatt of power and indeed there are some legitimate uses for those that generate more than a miliwatt, surveyors, astronomers and also for engineers.”
Transport Canada is trying to find out who has been pointing laser pointers at airplane pilots over the last few days.
There have been at least six instances recently where pilots landing at Montreal’s Trudeau airport have been distracted by a green laser pointer.
The device, which can be purchased for $100 and has a range of three kilometres, can blind airline pilots, so Transport Canada considers it a serious safety risk.
Montreal airport laser pointer a serious safety risk: Officials.
Hundreds of laser pointers have been seized by customs officials after a Sydney man allegedly tried to bring them into the country with him on a flight from China. – smh.com.au.
As a laser physicist, I investigate Physics in and with lasers, and develop new type of lasers. But I have never own a laser myself, not even a laser pointer. Recently, I got one from Techlasers. It is a Infiniti II 95mW, comes together with a dragon case and a goggle. It is slim and light, and take two AAA batteries to power. The beam is very clean and nice.
What I tried to do first is to take laser photos, as those cool people did. But it quickly turns out not an easy task. 
I pointed the laser to my fish tank. Poor golden fishes, I hope they were not frightened. But apparently, they avoid the laser beam well. They didn’t show up in my photos at all. All of my photos were blurred, because I took photo with one hand while another hand holds the laser pointer. I guess to really get good pictures I need kind of tripod for both my camera and the laser.
What do you think is in the following photo?
It is a bath towel. Interestingly, it looks deep, but actually flat.
Later I tried to point to objects like cups and bottles, etc, which are common subjects of laser photography. But the results are not as good as I have hoped. I need to learn photography. 
I haven’t dare to point to sky or play outdoor yet, because I don’t know if there is any local regulation on usage of lasers.
Alpay Kasal of Lit Studios developed a technique using a laser pointer for controlling games and applications.
The internet trading companies eBay and Amazon are removing high-powered green laser pens from sale on their sites.
The move follows a BBC investigation which found some of these potentially dangerous products were being sold irresponsibly by individual traders.
Many listings describe the pens as toys or, in one case, “wicked gadgets”.
But RAF and police helicopters have been among dozens of aircraft targeted by these devices, which can send a beam several miles, dazzling pilots.
EBay told the Donal MacIntyre programme on BBC Radio 5 live it had become “increasingly concerned” by reports of these lasers being used for “wholly inappropriate purposes”.
Amazon.co.uk said it would “remove the listings for these products as quickly as possible”.
PILOTS have called for super-strong laser pens to be properly licensed after serious concerns were raised about incidents where pilots were briefly blinded by the gadgets.
Aviation bosses say they want the lasers, which breach UK safety limits on the strength of laser pens by as much as 200 times yet can cost as little as £10, to be treated in the same way as firearms following a close-call incident where passengers safety was threatened.
Last month the pilot of an easyJet flight into Edinburgh Airport was dazzled for more than ten seconds when someone flashed a green laser pen.
Security officers have arrested a man for directing the beam of a laser pointer at a Saudia aircraft while it was landing at Prince Muhammad Airport in Madinah. link
A HASTINGS flying instructor believes NSW should follow in the footsteps of Western Australian and declare hand-held lasers “controlled weapons” after an incident in the skies above Port Macquarie.
Yesterday, the Western Australian Police Minister John Kobelke declared laser pointers to be ‘controlled weapons’ with fines of up to $4000 or 12 months jail for their illegal use.
It is a move that will strengthen the push in New South Wales to have the hand-held devices officially banned.
More at Port Macquarie News
Isn’t it overkill?
