A hand-held laser for use in the dismantling of metallic infrastructures during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities has been developed by the UK's TWI. A hand-held laser for use in the ...

It’s not quite a ray gun, nor is it a hand-held vacuum. But a 1,000-watt laser that crews recently tested on a Connecticut Dept. of Transportation bridge performed as a combination of both ...

While developing the series in the mid-1960s, though, he began to learn of the current state of laser technology, and found that hand-held laser guns might only be a few years away from practical use.