Unprotected lithium cells, high voltage, and blinding laser light. What can go wrong? It is fun to watch the testing, but we don’t want to build one. We’ll settle for our handheld pointer.

It's not just laser pointers either, as other forms of lasers, such as household decorations or nightclub lighting systems, can also have an impact on a commercial aircraft. Unfortunately, pilots in ...

Jordan Jackson, 35, of Houston, was accused of targeting multiple aircraft with a green pointer laser, according to federal ...

In 2015, a 27-year-old California man was arrested after he allegedly pointed a laser light into the cockpit of a commercial airliner and then later into a police airplane that was searching for it.

Lasers are known for the monochromatic nature of their light, so much so that you might never have thought there could be such a thing as a white laser. But in the weird world of physics ...