While a laser pointer's distance is influenced by many factors, including atmospheric conditions, you might be surprised to ...

Just because a laser pointer is a certain color doesn't mean it's necessarily more or less powerful. One color reigns supreme, in terms of sheer output.

The videos from [styropyro] are always amusing and informative. However, ironically for him, he is alarmed that many green laser pointers are more powerful than they are supposed to be. Sure, you ...

Like a lot of people, I own multiple laser pointers. These come in handy when I do public speaking for work, but that's only once a month or so. And with the sad passing of our dog back in December ...

For many years, one of the biggest stumbling blocks I faced at star parties was the confusion that arose whenever I tried to show attendees the locations of notable stars and constellations or the ...

As a society, we’ve largely come together to agree that laser pointers are mostly useless. They’re now the preserve of university lecturers and those destined to wind up in a jail cell for harassing ...

Every now and then, one of my columns elicits enough reader response to merit a follow-up. Such is the case with a piece I wrote on green laser pointers (November 2013), in which I outlined their ...