If you were to walk into most of the world’s hackerspaces, it’s likely that the most frequent big-ticket tool you’ll find after a 3D printer is a laser cutter. A few years ago that would ...
Under the direction of Chinese researcher Li Xiao, nicknamed "Crazy Li," a team claims to have developed a device capable of arming small drones with laser beams powerful enough to cut through metal.
One of these collects the near-infrared laser light issued from a mobile ground station, and relays it to the other tube which reflects the powerful beam – "sufficient to cut through metal ...
A laser of such an intensity is “sufficient to cut through metal”, wrote a research team led by Li Xiao, an associate researcher with the school of optoelectronic science and engineering of ...
A research team led by Chinese scientist “Crazy Li” has equipped small drones with the ability to emit powerful metal-cutting laser beams—a feat once thought impossible. The research ...