[scifinoir2] US Air Force unveils the PHaSR

2005-11-28 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.janes.com/security/law_enforcement/news/jdw/jdw051125_2_n.shtml US Air Force unveils hand-held laser gun By Michael Sirak JDW Staff Reporter Washington, DC The US Air Force has unveiled its first hand-held laser weapon that gives security forces a non-lethal option for controlling

[scifinoir2] Thought this was cute...from Dark Echo

2005-11-28 Thread Oreoblues
it's that time of year when we see year's best and recommended lists. I've already done one -- 2000 words (mentioning about 40 books) on recommended sf/f/h for the year that then had to be cut down to a list of *ten* books with 75 words about each. Sigh. Some of what was cut from the

[scifinoir2] Holographic DVD to Hold 1.6 Terabytes

2005-11-28 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.betanews.com/article/Holographic_DVD_to_Hold_16_Terabytes/1133197797 Holographic DVD to Hold 1.6 Terabytes By Ed Oswald, BetaNews November 28, 2005, 12:09 PM Move over HD DVD and Blu-ray. Bell Labs spin-off InPhase Technologies and Hitachi Maxell are currently working on a computer

Re: [scifinoir2] US Air Force unveils the PHaSR

2005-11-28 Thread Astromancer
Interesting... brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.janes.com/security/law_enforcement/news/jdw/jdw051125_2_n.shtml US Air Force unveils hand-held laser gun By Michael Sirak JDW Staff Reporter Washington, DC The US Air Force has unveiled its first hand-held laser weapon that