The increasingly widespread applications of laser pointers and the growing number of incidents in connection with these devices being misused have aroused concerns about laser pointer safety. Recent ...

Pilots are reporting a massive uptick in being hit by laser pointers from the ground since the drone panic took off earlier this month, according to new data from the Federal Aviation ...

To astronomers, the new breed of hand-held laser pointer is a way to write in the sky, its two-mile-long beam allowing them to trace constellations and point out individual stars. To a lost hiker, the ...

QUANTICO, Va. (AFNS) — As the Office of Special Investigations safeguards the Department of the Air Force, they are confronting a surge in incidents involving laser pointers, which pose significant ...

How extreme is freshman Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, the libertarian darling of the Tea Party? On Thursday, Feb. 3, he was the only Senator to oppose a proposed amendment making it a federal crime ...

OCEAN CITY – A juvenile was arrested last week for shining a laser pointer at a vehicle, but several similar cases of laser abuse go unsolved as reports of the devices being misused along the Ocean ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Illinois State Police arrested a man accused of pointing a laser pointer at planes flying out of O'Hare and Midway airports last week. Around 9:45 p.m. on Thursday, a spotter and pilot ...

Even a laser beam to the face can’t stop Tom Brady. But pointing a laser at him could lead to criminal charges and a permanent ban from an NFL stadium. It could also lead the NFL to rethink stadium ...

CHICAGO (WAND) — A Berkeley, Illinois man has been arrested for using a laser pointer to target aircraft. Saul Martinez Castanon, 36, was arrested by Illinois State Police on June 22. “Targeting ...

Carolyn Trietsch recently defended her Ph.D. in entomology at Penn State. You can view her website or follow her on Twitter @carolyntrietsch. Laser pointers are perhaps the most abused visual aids in ...

The handheld laser pointers you can buy at office supplies stores are legally required to be no powerful than 0.005-watts, and most fall well below that threshold so they’re relatively safe to use.