The team hopes the laser could be built into a remote-controlled robotic device which could be despatched into a mine field, looking for vapour clouds.

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The next step in moving this technology to the field is to develop a portable tripod-based system that houses both the laser source and the IR camera.

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Duda hit a laser line drive into the second deck in right field in the second after Marlon Byrd singled off Richard (0-1).

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