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South African Research Team Creates World's First Digital Laser

Posted by samzenpus on from the better-focus dept.

smi.james.th writes in with news about new laser technology developed in South Africa. "The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) announced in Pretoria on Tuesday that it had developed the world's first digital laser. 'I am always very cautious about using the term "breakthrough",' noted Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom. 'We scrutinized this very carefully before we said that this is really new! South African scientists are once again making noteworthy contributions to the world.'... A normal laser contains two mirrors, opposed to each other and at opposite ends of the instrument. One is highly reflective and the other is a curved, partially reflective mirror. In the digital laser, the curved mirror is replaced by a liquid crystal display (LCD) system. The LCD is connected to a computer and monitor."

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  1. Re:Important part the summary neglected by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow, hate to be lame-joke-explainer:

    Digit is latin for finger.

    And you're an idiot.

    No, it's not latin for "you're an idiot", you are just an idiot.