You’d expect a $53,700 backpack laser to be some DARPA super weapon that’s stuck in a perpetual “five years away” as more and more cable specials are produced on the matter. But actually, the backpack ...

Within a year or two, the U.S. military could field a portable, laser backpack device that will provide a three-dimensional (3-D) map of buildings. The reconnoitering pack could be used by ...

Someday soon, I’m sure DARPA’s BigDog will mate with a salamander robot and produce some artificial intelligence that either enslaves the human race or is really, really needy. Until such a time, ...

Currently, if people wish to obtain a 3D model of an indoor environment, they have to send in a laser-scanning robot or cart that painstakingly makes its way through in a stop-and-start fashion.

If you liked that backpack laser we showed you the other day, here’s a much smaller laser that you can build yourself using an old DVD burner and a MiniMag flashlight. It’s not going to be anything ...