"No one has come up with a deal-breaker that we can find yet. It all seems real." Sprites, lasers, and 'reflective smoke' Klupar and others are not deluding themselves about Starshot's many hurdles.

Making a Space Invaders game is up there on the list of most unconventional things you could do with a laser cutter. In watching the tiny little ships burst into flames, [Martin Raynsford’s ...

An curved arrow pointing right. In this video of an August test, Lockheed Martin's ATHENA laser weapon system burns down five drones. Laser weapons have huge advantages for the US military since ...