Ok.. The future may not be that far away as we may have thought, new and exciting uses of laser and laser technology isjust around the bend. You may be thinking... well what can they come up with next.. well in this thread i just wanted to show off my google-ing and research skills to educate, entertain and amaze you!

So here is the first of many post with links to videos, documents and images of the FUTURE!

In this video below we see how lasers can be used in flat panel TV's.. enjoy



Next video we see how lasers can be used in storage of data.. in this case holographic data storage!



Next we see how lasers can propel us (litterly) into the great open spans of the universe!



Next is a video of an electron in motion.. captured using very short and intense laser light.. working as a strobe light it helps to visually slow the image down, sort of like when you use a strobe light in a dark room and move your hand.. it will give that effect..




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Any wood worker would know about the common house hold MDF wood.. and how boring it looks.. well why not make it look better with some lasers? The appearance of MDF could be transformed with the use of laser technology being developed by reasearchers at Warwick Univesity, part of a group of eight industrial partners working on the project.



I know many people have seen this... but for the people who haven't get ready to be amazed! This device uses a tracking laser to follow shapes on a piece of paper.. it emits a sound that is relative to the movement of the tracking laser.. and it does this in real time. It also has a few other tricks up its sleeve!



This last one is a bit old (from 06) but still cool if you are into lasers and military weapons! Its a MTHEL THEL Mobile / Tactical High Energy Laser... During a recent test conducted on Aug. 24, 2004 the system shot down multiple mortar rounds, demonstrating potential its battlefield application for to protection against common threats. The test represented actual mortar threat scenarios. Targets were intercepted by the THEL testbed and destroyed; both single mortar rounds and salvo were tested.



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Here is a link that I was referred to by a friend... its a possible new communication system using lasers under water!

Lasers can generate underwater sound!

True 3D display using adjustable focal points of a laser to display a true 3D image! (bit short.. but still cool!)
True 3D display using lasers

Another interesting read .... using lasers for research in biology...
Laser tweezers and syringes for cell biology

An interesting new invention... The Laser-Accurate microphone... utalising the use of lasers in an audio application.
The Laser-Accurate microphone

A very promising invention... maybe we will be using these in our pointers in years to come!
World’s First Quantum Dot Pure Green Laser

A professor from a leading University demonstrates an analogy on Organic Light Emitting Diodes by lighting up a pickle. See video.. very informative!
OLED technology explained using a pickle

(Thank you to Rick Plouin, aka laserlover, for some of the info/links shown here!)

That's all for now.. stay posted for the next wave of amazing videos.. also if you have any videos related to upcoming or future laser technology please post it here..

-Adrian

Laser TV's have been out for about a year now. I thought they would become much more popular than LCD and Plasma. But they haven't gotten much media.

LOL! I f*cking love KRON4! They have the best news:



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Many of my brain cells died after watching these vids.

where can i buy a laser tv at ?

Just found out laser TV's have been out since 2007. The major downer is their price tag

http://www.hometheaterstore.com/Prod...FYFC5god1WuKZw

ohh really.. ok cool, I heard this off a friend claiming they have just been released and linked me to the video..

BTW there is more coming.. got to find a good selection of videos and images.. so I keep the forum entertained!

All I can say is that those videos are amazing. It really shows what a seemingly simple thing like light energy can do.

WOW, they got the laser TV working. Last I remember, it was just a theory.

Im still with a Sony 32" CRT ROFL

I might skip LCD/plasma... and go straight for laser haha

the flying laser saucer spacecraft is such a brilliant concept!! it makes me wanna try and test it out. =]]
good job bobhaha!!!

Woah, and I thought lasers were cool BEFORE...but if the craft uses lasers to heat up the the air...then what will it do in space? But the fact that even though we must use SO MUCH laser energy that it could knock out a satellite, but it's still 2-6 times more efficient than the solid or liquid hydrogen used for rockets is incredible...but there's still the issue of that (at least in this case), it must spin to help insure stability would mean that it couldn't be manned. But they'll think of something...

Interesting isn't it.. to answer some of your thoughts.. think of this..

Well if it had enough momentum it wouldn't need any further propultion once it is in space.

Well they have thought of something actually... it is the concept of frictionless liquard (or as close as possible to frictionless). sceptics and scientists alike think this is how alien space craft might work. If the humans were suspended in a captual inside the frictionless liquard.. they could spin the outside of the ship while the inside captual stays still.... just a thought. Or i guess they could always just engineer a more stable design which wouldn't require spinning at all... I'm only guessing but I think the only reason why they had to spin the model was because it was quite light.. if it was to be misaligned or struck by wind.. this would help to reduce the effects.

Indeed. But once it's in space, they'll need a way to change their course if suddenly an alien drops out of hyperspace in their path or something similar. But also, I imagine it would be difficult to gain sufficient velocity and have a straight trajectory RIGHT to where your going, or else sling-shot around a planet to go faster, but yeah. No maneuverability in space could be bad...

What about the new X-ray laser I just read about...

Have to dig up the magazine.

True... but they could use what the space modules use atm. They have high pressure nitrogen cylenders that fire off short burst of nitrogen to change course and to gain speed

If every action creates an equal reaction, why couldn't inertia from the photons exiting the laser push the craft forward in the frictionless environment of space?

Because first you have to get there.

Also, photons are massless.

-Mark

Because a photon has such a small amount of mass (if really any), that it would take a RIDICULOUS amount of light energy to get any real results, and you'd need incredible surface area, big metallic sales, basically.

Bump!! New links and videos updated and added!!

Just thought I'd throw this up.

They've been toying with the theory of Photon/light sail's for awhile
Solar sail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Finally someone responded to my post. That's funny, I've never seen that before.

Great (graus?) thread, m8 +1

Can you believe it, a terabyte on a flippin' 12cm disc... I think I kept a 5 1/4" diskette - we're talkin' under 1mb storage media... . No, scratch that - I still have punch cards from one of my first FORTRAN programs...

I bet there's only a handful of LPFers who even know what a punch card is, let alone used them... or dropped them on the floor, just 15mins before your program was due... - a tip for all you boys & girls; always carry a few spare rubber bands.

Man we've sure come a long way! I hope to be using optical storage cubes soon too