While not doing all the things in this list may seem obvious, many people out there are still doing some or all of them out of ignorance, mistaken beliefs or just plain stupidity. Every person using lasers should read through this list and check that they...

With a good combination of music and laser lights, a night out at a dance venue can be exhilarating and leave you wanting more. There is one laser effect that can turn a good dance experience into an unforgettable one and that is audience scanning or cro...

Not so long ago tattoos were considered permanent and their removal resulted in scaring and unsightly blemishes. The only way to really effectively remove tattoos was to remove the skin that the tattoos were embedded on. Thanks to recent improvements i...

The most asked question for any one owning a laser is “what is it used for?”. The more powerful and costly the laser is, the more often and disbelievingly people as this question. This question can be really infuriating to laser enthusiasts becaus...

Professional photographers working in laser photography use sophisticated lighting, equipment, cameras and accessories worth thousands of dollars to take brilliant laser photographs. Although good to have, none of this equipment is essential for taking ba...

After the United Nations banned all blinding weapons in 1995, military and law enforcement agencies have been researching the use of non blinding laser weapons. The Laser Dazzler is the culmination of years of research and is now being deployed world wide...

Burglaries are on the rise everywhere and home breakings are now an every day occurrence. Securing your home with an alarm system is now essential. In a few simple steps, this article with explain how to build a laser alarm system. The following is a...

Laser weapons were made famous by movies such as “Starwars” but until recently laser weapons have only belonged to the realm of science fiction. Recent innovations and improvements in laser technology have now made the development of real laser weapon...

Lasers have been successfully used for avian dispersal all over the world by organizations and individuals such airports, councils, pest controllers, farmers and home owners. An interesting background statistic for birds and airports is that around 50,...

To quote a paragraph from Wikipedia, a diffraction grating is “an optical component with a regular pattern, which splits (diffracts) light into several beams traveling in different directions. The directions of these beams depend on the spacing of the g...

The essential ingredients for a serious dance party are good music, good atmosphere AND a laser projector. Laser projectors are one of the more spectacular applications for lasers. This article will go through and detail how to build your own laser projec...

The basic idea is a laser pointer will paint or illuminate a target with a laser beam and a laser detector or sensor in the bomb/missile will detect laser light reflected of the target and home on the reflected light. The sensor will detect the strongest ...

High power laser pointers and laser modules are both entertaining and widely used for a large number of applications. There is just one serious problem though with the spread of high power lasers. High power lasers can cause serious and permanent damage t...

With the increasing popularity of high power green laser pointers, there are more and more reports of lasers being pointed at airplanes and helicopters. In 2008 alone there a number of reports that received wide spread media coverage. One such case in the...

One of the most obvious differences between a blue laser pointer and a green laser pointer is price. A 10 mW blue laser pointer cost $700 compared to t...