Fess up: Every time you fire your laser pointer during a presentation, you make little "fwoom, fwoom" sounds inside your head like you were wielding a lightsaber. (No? Maybe it's just me.) Now you can get one step closer to the real thing with the Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointer....
From BUL Ltd. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Since the BUL G-Cherokee was primarily designed as a service pistol, it was only a natural choice for BUL Ltd. to offer the worldwide SWAT and Special Operations community a tactical shooting modular platform which can easily replace the heavy and...
New model for distribution centers lets machines do the heavy lifting CONCORD, Mass. -- Kiva Systems Inc. is using SolidWorks([R]) 3D CAD software to revolutionize the concept of the warehouse with the company's breakthrough system of autonomous orange robots that speed around distribution centers deftly picking goods for...
It is reported that importation of laser pointers is likely to be outlawed after six flights into Sydney were recently thrown into chaos. Unknown individuals armed with laser pointers forced air-traffic controllers to change the flight paths of six passenger aircraft. A local law enforcement official...
For one day, attendees at the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting lost touch with their laptops and laser pointers. They put aside their Power Point slides and picked up paintbrushes in a community service project at the Mary D. Coghill Elementary School in the Orleans Parish of New Orleans, Louisiana. On...
Laser pointers should carry compulsory warnings and be restrictedfor sale to adults only, says an aviation security expert for theNew Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association NZALPA. New South Wales authorities appear set to ban the pointers afterone was used on Friday night to target pilots landing at SydneyAirport. Laser...
World News IN BRIEF *Sydney A "co-ordinated attack" by hand-held laser pointers on planes coming into land at Sydney has prompted New South Wales to consider banning the devices. Beams from four green lasers forced six planes to alter their flightpath on Saturday night. The small laser...
"The Best for the Best" is the operational motto of the Program Executive Office PEO Soldier. PEO Soldier, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., teams the project manager and product manager offices that develop and provide soldiers with weapons, individual equipment and clothing needed for the fight, employing a strategic soldier-as-a-system...
The NSTA ready-reference guide to safer science. Roy, Kenneth Russell. NSTA Press 2007 156 pages $26.95 Paperback Q182 Reprints 39 "Scope of Safety" columns published in the Science scope journal for middle school science...
The week ahead This week should provide a few clues as to how the UK's manufacturing and travel industries are faring, with a flurry of results and trading updates expected from the two sectors. On Monday, defence and aerospace manufacturer Smiths Group will provide...
KENT, OH -- Hattie Larlham and Standing Rock Cultural Arts recently hosted an art exhibit titled "PosAbilities," which featured work created by people with disabilities. The exhibited work covered a wide range of colors, textures, moods and personalities. Professional artists joined the Larlham team to work one-on-one with...
The EB 16 oven has been developed for hot set testing of cable material according to IEC 811-2-1. To avoid too high temperature loss when inserting and cutting the samples, the samples are introduced through a small opening in the top of the oven. To get a...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A 1.4-kilogram Swiss Army knife will be included in the Guinness Book of Records for 2008--taking the title of "most functions on a penknife" with its 85 tools and some 110 uses. Along with dozens of blades and...
Brandon is a playful, affectionate 6-month old male kitten, who loves to chase the laser pointer. He can be a little shy at first, but loves to be held, and is good with children and other cats. Brandon likes to sleep on the bed with the...
Good news for MPs. The Army now has an approved integrated laser white light pointer for the M9 pistol. Order the AN/PEQ-14 with NSN 5855-01-538-0191...
WOW TECH INC., an emerging leader indigital input device industry, announced today that they will introduce anew wireless computer mouse, WOW-PEN Traveler. According to WOW TECH, ithas a superior ergonomic vertical body design which helps eliminate carpaltunnel strain. A traditional mouse puts unnecessary stress on the user'swrist and forearm with...
Litton Systems Inc., Laser Systems, Apopka, Fla., is being awardeda $98,452,540 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, with a 5-year ordering period, for the maximumprocurement of 940 Special Operations Forces Laser Acquisition MarkerSOFLAM Special Operations Forces Laser Rangefinder DesignatorSOFLRD, associated data and provisioning items. The SOFLAM SOFLRDis a lightweight integrated laser designator...
Sylmar-based QPC Lasers Inc. announced this month that it has named Ronald Moeller vice president of manufacturing. As the semiconductor laser maker moves to increase its manufacturing capabilities, the company hopes the addition of the 20-year manufacturing and engineering veteran will allow it to expand its product lines....
Date: 6-MayIncident: A couple of teenagers near the Boise, Idaho airport were shining alaser pointer at landing commercial aircraft. A nearby pilot of a St. Luke'sHospital System air ambulance saw what was going on and was able to illuminatethe house in the 9700 block of Countryman Drive with a spotlight...
THE LASER WAND strapped onto Vanessa Coveau's right ear points to icons on the computerized slate before her. Each time she moves her head, the laser beam shifts to choose a new symbol. In this way, Coveau, 28, taps out a letter and then a word on her computer screen....
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