We don’t usually get arty farty here at Electricpig towers, but this time, it involves lasers. As of last night, the Tate Liverpool and FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) art galleries were connected by a giant green glowing laser beam. The laser beam travels 800 metres as the crow flies, as part of the exhibition by new media artist Nam June Paik and to mark the 50th anniversary of the laser.
Sick of unsightly mousemats cluttering up your glass-topped desk? Like working from a big slab of granite? You’ll be needing one of Logitech’s new Darkfield Laser Tracking mice then. These beauties are designed to work on surfaces that would leave an ordinary mouse tearing out its whiskers in dismay!
Microsoft has been teasing tech fans with an upcoming announcement on 9th September, asking them to “Say goodbye to lasers”. So what’s it replacing its laser mice with? This, apparently.
BAE Systems plc have been showing off their rather clever robotic warfare concepts at the Farnborough Air Show this week and the main event to send the competition into the corner sulking is this droidplane named Mantis.
