Laser Pointers, Liquid Crystals and Pilots.

[steve001]

Aiming a laser beam at an aircraft isn't a harmless prank: The sudden flash of bright light can incapacitate the pilot, risking the lives of passengers and crew. But because attacks can happen with different colored lasers, such as red, green or even blue, scientists have had a difficult time developing a single method to impede all wavelengths of laser light. Today, researchers report liquid crystals that could someday be incorporated into...

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Liquid crystals could help deflect laser pointer attacks on aircraft

Aiming a laser beam at an aircraft isn't a harmless prank: The sudden flash of bright light can incapacitate the pilot, risking the lives of passengers and crew. But because attacks can happen with different colored lasers, such as red, green or even blue, scientists have had a difficult time...

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[TinLethax]

It will very useful to add another protection layer to the laser goggles.

 

[RedCowboy]

I hope they get it up and running soon, until then how about a pair of auto darkening aviation goggles much like the auto darkening welders mask that could be worn by anyone in the cockpit who's needed to fly the plane.