- Researchers at CERN reveal the world’s first laser-beamed manipulation of antimatter. They were able to slow down antihydrogen atoms, making it possible to finally make precise measurements. https://www.inverse.com/innovation/frozen-antimatter-could-answer-physics-biggest-questions 8 comments science
- The Void: world's first virtual reality theme park combines elements of first-person shooters and laser tag action http://weburbanist.com/2015/05/13/the-void-worlds-first-virtual-reality-theme-park-coming-soon/ 4 comments worldnews
- Laser Beams Deflected Off of Nothing but Air for First Time Ever in Breakthrough Patent Pending Process - The Debrief https://thedebrief.org/laser-beams-deflected-off-of-nothing-but-air-for-first-time-ever-in-breakthrough-patent-pending-process/ 217 comments technology
- Scientists create world’s first metasurface laser that produces “super-chiral light”: light with ultra-high angular momentum.The more angular momentum light carries, the more it can transfer to matter which will enable it as a type of “optical spanner”. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-020-0623-z 10 comments science
- [MTL (3)-0 NYI] Charles Hudon scores his first of the season with an absolute LASER under the bar https://streamable.com/lfk3o 10 comments hockey
- U.S. Navy tests world's first operational laser weapon against a drone target in the Persian Gulf http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/politics/us-navy-drone-laser-weapon/index.html 47 comments worldnews
- First Sentinel-2B images delivered by laser http://www.esa.int/our_activities/observing_the_earth/copernicus/sentinel-2/first_sentinel-2b_images_delivered_by_laser 15 comments space
- The US Army Gets The First 60kW-Class "Beam Combined" Fiber Laser Weapon System http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/03/17/lockheed-martin-bothell-makes-laser-weapon-army.html 98 comments technology
- I made a laser targeting device! my first venture into analogue electronics. http://www.leafmakes.com/threeseek/ 27 comments electronics
- First European Data Relay System laser image http://phys.org/news/2016-06-european-relay-laser-image.html 4 comments europe
- First movies of droplets getting blown up by x-ray laser http://phys.org/news/2016-05-movies-droplets-blown-x-ray-laser.html 12 comments science
- 20 years of eBay: Contrary to popular belief, it was never created to sell Pez dispensers. The first sell was a broken laser pointer, simply as an experiment, and sold for $14.88. It was purchased by a guy who collected broken laser pointers. It was a definitive proof-of-concept for eBay. http://www.ebay.com/gds/the-top-12-technologies-the-year-ebay-was-born-/10000000206263333/g.html 22 comments technology
- "Research team refrigerates liquids with a laser for the first time" http://phys.org/news/2015-11-team-refrigerates-liquids-laser.html 20 comments science
- Worlds first 6p laser projector install http://www.d3dcinema.com/news/article.asp?a=291&s=491&s2=504&p=504 3 comments technology
- Hail the first sound ‘lasers’ - physicsworld.com http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2010/feb/25/hail-the-first-sound-lasers 4 comments science
- Curiosity will fire its vaporizing laser for the first time on Mars today http://www.space.com/17164-mars-rover-curiosity-laser-big-drive.html? 680 comments science
- UCSB researchers achieve world's first violet nonpolar vertical-cavity laser technology. UC Santa Barbara solid state lighting team develops the first m-plane nitride based nonpolar vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-07/uoc--ura072012.php 3 comments science
- Lasers produce the first Hawking radiation ever detected http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101108140643.htm 8 comments science
- Scientists have created the smallest ever laser capable of operating at room temperature. The device is less than one cubic micron--less than the wavelength of the light it emits. It is the first sub-wavelength laser that doesn't require cryogenic cooling. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/25262/ 33 comments science
- A eureka! moment - Almost 50 years ago, the first laser beam was made http://telegram.com/article/20100221/news/2210409/1101/local 4 comments technology
- The Computer Chronicles Anthology (1985). 26 videos, 13h about oldies like Amiga, Atari and the first laser disks... http://www.cosmolearning.com/documentaries/the-computer-chronicles-anthology-1985/ 6 comments programming
- Javy Baez fires a laser from left field to get Manny Pina at first https://cuts.diamond.mlb.com/forge/2020/2020-08/14/949d034e-f929a9aa-20bedb7f-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_16000k.mp4 4 comments baseball
- Researchers produce first laser ultrasound images of humans https://news.mit.edu/2019/first-laser-ultrasound-images-humans-1219 3 comments technology
- Mac Williamson hits a 3-run laser beam to left field in his first game back in the majors https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/702fb2d7-6a88-4709-b72d-3c3a9a1b4b21.mp4 25 comments baseball
- Researchers transmitted a song wirelessly via a semiconductor laser—the first time a laser has been used as a radio frequency transmitter, opening the door to ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/04/23/1903534116 14 comments science
- the first item sold on Ebay was a broken laser pointer for 14.83, to someone who kept a broken laser pointer collection https://www.ssa7ny.com/2018/12/n.html 9 comments nottheonion
- An ordinance that bans the use of searchlights and laser beams, aimed at protecting starry nights for tourists and residents, was enacted Thursday in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, in what appears to be the first of its kind at a prefectural level. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/21/national/tottori-prefecture-bans-searchlights-lasers-preserve-star-filled-night-sky/#.wjupgtis-uk 2 comments worldnews
- Yoenis Cespedes hits a laser out for his first Career Grand Salami http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2015/04/19/14-413823-2015-04-19/web_cut/mlbtv_80159683_1200k.mp4 12 comments baseball
- BMW's i8 features world's first laser headlights http://wfae.org/post/automakers-eye-laser-lights-let-drivers-see-farther-night 1554 comments technology
- Electrical engineers have used lasers to create a cloak that can hide communications in a 'time hole', so that it seems as if they were never sent. The method is the first that can cloak data streams sent at rates seen in telecommunications systems.. http://www.nature.com/news/temporal-cloak-erases-data-from-history-1.13141 15 comments science
- Kaliyev records his first multi goal game with a laser on the power play https://streamable.com/mleh4g 19 comments hockey
- Officials at U.S. Air Forces Central Command in Qatar said that military pilots in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan have reported 350 laser pointer attacks in the first seven months of 2018, a sharp increase from 400 attacks overall in 2017 http://thehill.com/policy/defense/402291-military-pilots-attacked-with-laser-beams-350-times-in-last-7-months-report 3 comments worldnews
- Dell launches new UltraSharp 38 curved monitor and world’s first 4K UHD high-brightness laser projector http://www.ibtimes.com.au/dell-launches-new-ultrasharp-38-curved-monitor-worlds-first-4k-uhd-high-brightness-laser-projector 15 comments hardware
- Hey guys I'm finally buying my first android mobile and I'm going for Asus Zenfone 2 Laser ZE550KL, which is priced at 8k, your thoughts? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/4x0o2i/hey_guys_im_finally_buying_my_first_android/ 50 comments india
- Arthur C. Clarke’s Vision of Laser Communication Comes to Life in Europe - today marks the first image download over a new gigabit laser connection in space. Data transmitted in optical wavelengths via laser can reach gigabytes per second. http://www.rawscience.tv/arthur-c-clarkes-vision-of-laser-communication-comes-to-life-in-europe/ 22 comments technology
- Hanley Ramirez hits a laser solo HR for his first hit back in a Red Sox uniform http://streamable.com/b08x 6 comments baseball
- "Some of the [United States] Navy's futuristic weapons sound like something out of 'Star Wars,' with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic speeds. That future is now. The Navy plans to deploy its first laser on a ship later this year[2014]" http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/us-navy-ready-to-deploy-laser-for-1st-time-5242199.php 4 comments worldnews
- A U.S. Navy plan to test a high-power laser against the small-boat threat to its warships provides the first real opportunity to transition electric lasers from the laboratory to the field. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/laser071409.xml&headline=solid-state%20laser%20ready%20for%20on-board%20tests&channel=defense 3 comments worldnews
- Scientists exposed crystals, known as Buckminsterfullerene, to intense light emitted from the world’s first hard X-ray free electron laser and the electrons in the Buckyballs spontaneously re-arranged their positions, changing the shape of the molecules from a soccer ball to a football. http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/world%E2%80%99s-most-powerful-x-ray-takes-%E2%80%98sledgehammer%E2%80%99-molecules 20 comments science
- A new cancer therapy simultaneously zaps tumors with imaging-guided laser radiation and stimulates the anti-cancer immune response. This technology, developed by South Korean scientists, combines photodynamic therapy with immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer and is the first of its kind. https://www.immunofrontiers.com/exosome-based-imaging-guided-cancer-therapy-activates-immune-cells 192 comments science