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Lasers for Fun and Profit

Posted by michael on from the all-we-need-is-some-sharks dept.

Stuart of Wapping writes "This is a very interesting site, links to pages describing real-life, tried-and-tested Star-Trek/James Bond gadgets... The Laser Medical Pen, or Medpen, developed in-house by the Laser Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, is a second-generation device that provides a physician or paramedic with a unique, compact, portable, and battery-operated laser capability. The laser can cut like a scalpel as well as coagulate bleeding."

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  1. Re:Obligatory Simpsons Reference by BigBadBri · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is an example of the Simpsons hiding irony so that US audiences aren't frightened by it.

    It's based on the following (true) quote:

    "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 .sig > /dev/null

    --
    oh brave new world, that has such people in it!