Laser-powered cell phone transmitters could be in your future Tapping internal laser behavior may enable next-gen high-speed mobile data.

Technavio’s latest market research report on the global laser level transmitters market provides an analysis of the most important trends and drivers.

Tuning in: interfering laser light could soon be used to generate terahertz signals. (Courtesy: iStock/arttanja) A new type of microwave radio transmitter built by physicists in the US could lead to ...

For the first time, researchers at Harvard School of Engineering have used a laser as a radio transmitter and receiver, paving the way for towards ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi and new types of hybrid ...

Another benefit is that laser transmitters and receivers are way smaller and lighter than huge radio antennas, which is crucial for reducing launch costs and increasing flexibility for spacecraft.

CACI International Inc announced today the delivery of a flight model laser communications transmitter to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for use on-board the Psyche spacecraft, whose mission ...

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have, for the first time, used a semiconductor laser to send and receive radio signals. The hybrid ...

Spinning infrared laser transmitters from Lincoln Laser are key to Nikon Metrology’s indoor GPS system for measuring, inspecting, and positioning large parts A GPS device based on lasers instead ...

Most of the time we feature hokey film footage in our Retrotechtacular series, but we think this hack is as cool today as it was fifty years ago. [Clint] wrote in to tell us about Operation Red Lin… ...

Laser transmitters and rod-mounted laser receivers can also quickly determine the amount of material that needs to be added or removed from the site. Bobcat offers three laser transmitters: one single ...

Space agencies worldwide are equipping satellites with laser transmitters in the hope of improving their communication links back to Earth. Oliver Graydon reports on their progress.