Laser Pointer Abuse Threatens Air Safety. January 27, 2005 More than ... To a lost hiker, the laser is a lifeline to a search and rescue team overhead. To a "Star Wars" fan, ...

After testing 122 commercially available laser pointers, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology found that 90% of the green and 44% of the red pointers did not comply ...

Researchers at the National Taipei University of Technology in Taiwan have transmitted data using lasers -- not high-powered, laboratory-dwelling lasers; handheld, AAA-battery laser pointers.