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 with ...

Back in the olden days, when WiFi and Bluetooth were just a glimmer in the eye of IEEE, another short-range wireless communications technology ruled supreme: Infrared Data Association, or IrDA for ...

It's not easy making green. For years, scientists have fabricated small, high-quality lasers that generate red and blue light. However, the method they typically employ—injecting electric current into ...

Carolyn Trietsch recently defended her Ph.D. in entomology at Penn State. You can view her website or follow her on Twitter @carolyntrietsch. Laser pointers are perhaps the most abused visual aids in ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic ophthalmologists have found commercially available Class 3A green laser pointers can cause visible harm to the eye's retina with exposures as short as 60 seconds. The ...

Flight crews reported more cases of ground-based lasers hitting aircraft last year than at any time since records started in 2010. A police officer whose helicopter was struck compared the experience ...

Green laser pointers can cause irreversible damage to the pigment layer of the retina, say researchers in the US. Commercially-available class 3A green laser pointers can cause visible harm to the eye ...

A wide range of red and green laser pointers from Dream Lasers has been introduced by Scitec Instruments. The range includes 1 mW (Class 2) pointers for general-purpose use, such as lectures and ...