U.S. Military Shot Down Drones With Lasers in Middle East: Report
File photo showing a target drone with damage inflicted by a HEL-MD laser during tests at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in 2014.Photo: DVIDS The U.S. military has been…
Laser Strikes Against Planes Hit Record High
The number of laser strikes against planes hit another record last month, according to new data obtained by Gizmodo. And the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would like Americans to get…
Conspiracy Theorists Falsely Claim Biden ‘Admitted’ Wildfires Started by Directed-Energy Weapons
Conspiracy theorists spent Thursday trying to claim President Joe Biden had accidentally “admitted” that directed-energy weapons were being used to start devastating wildfires like the one in Texas this week…
Adorable Cat Video Reaches Earth After 19-Million-Mile Journey from Deep Space
NASA just combined all of my favorite things: space, lasers, and cats. In a first-of-its-kind demonstration of deep space optical communication, the space agency streamed a high-definition video from 19…
NASA Probe Transmits Groundbreaking Laser Message From 10 Million Miles Away
A gold-capped laser transceiver attached to the asteroid probe Psyche saw its first light on Tuesday, sending and receiving data through laser beams from far beyond the Moon for the…
Physicists Create Photonic Time Crystal That Amplifies Light
A team of researchers designed a two-dimensional photonic time crystal that they say could have applications in technologies like transmitters and lasers. What Is Carbon Capture? With Gizmodo’s Molly Taft…
The Dyson V15 Detect actually makes me want to vacuum
If the idea of turning your next house cleaning session into a rave sounds like a good time, then boy do we have a vacuum for you. The Dyson V15…
Optical vs. laser mouse
How do they work? Which is best for you? We explain the “optical” branding, so you can pick the right mouse.