One of the beneficiaries is San Diego-based ThermoLase, which operates the 16-store Spa Thira chain and licenses its laser equipment to doctors.
Companies that have spent many years developing airborne self-protection laser systems like Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems say some of their competitors for the contract are latecomers to that business who may not fully grasp the challenge of dealing with emerging dangers or integrating laser equipment with all the other systems installed on Army helicopters.
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Scavone recently shorted Visx, a provider of laser eye-surgery equipment.
TerraMax, a 12-ton Oshkosh military truck fitted with laser sensors and global positioning equipment, nearly plowed into a concrete pillar and was disqualified early in the race.
With mobeam's technology, the Galaxy S4 can "beam" traditional 1D barcode data to any laser scanner with no new equipment, such as optical scanners or backend systems, required by the retailer.
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As they wove around the maze, the Lingobots created spatial maps of their surroundings, with the help of on-board cameras, laser range finders and sonar equipment that helped them avoid walls.
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Laser pens are sold as office equipment used to point out details on presentations.
Later, a helicopter sent by the Pasadena Police Department to investigate the incident also was again hit by a laser, but the pilot had protective equipment and was not injured.
The U.S. military has also invested in a range of flexible solar-panel technologies designed to power everything from night vision equipment and image intensification devices to laser-range finders, battlefield-ready laptop computers.
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But the Lake District National Park Authority, which intends to enforce the limit by collecting evidence using digital video equipment, still cameras and a laser gun, believes it marks a new future for Windermere.
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However, the company, which uses a laser deposition process to make nanomaterials for use in components to be sold to networking equipment players, faces a tough battle.
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