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We’re far from having to do battle with alien civilizations in space with help of lasers and force shields, but an intrepid inventor just created a 40W laser shotgun that’s capable of lighting things ...

There are a number of new blaster bits available from the Oregon-based laser sights company Crimson Trace - including a pretty sweet new laser option for the Remington TAC-14. Note: from time to time, ...

A video of a 40-watt “laser shotgun” has amassed almost 3 million views in less than 48 hours. “I just built something so crazy that I’m almost afraid to use it. […] Dangerous is an understatement for ...

Chances are, at one point or another, you stumbled across a laser gun. They are scattered across science fiction. From the particle beams of Arthur C. Clark to the phasers of Star Trek, for decades, ...

What's better than a custom-built laser sword with a 6W laser? How about a 40W laser shotgun built from an array of eight photo diodes and a focusing lens? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Just because you can make something at home, doesn’t necessarily mean you should. Today’s example? A laser ‘shotgun’ that uses a lens to combine eight 5W lasers into something that should definitely ...

Here at Electronics Products, we’re big fans of dangerous but responsibly handled DIY gadgets, particularly when they involve lasers. From DIY lightsabers to laser-firing robots and drones, we cover ...

The military may be testing laser guns, but it's a little early to get one of your own — unless you build it yourself. That's what DIY laser enthusiast and Southern Illinois University student Drake ...

Science fiction just got a DIY treatment and got closer to home. It won't be enough to stop a truck dead on its wheels like Lockheed Martin's contraption, which is unabashedly a weapon of destruction, ...

The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye. Boeing recently announced that its mobile laser weapon, dubbed the High Energy ...