Word: lasered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...product design at Parsons The New School for Design, is also playing a role in the current trend. "If you look at the proliferation of [the designs] over the past few years, it goes with digital technologies that allow designers to do fairly complex kinds of patterning and laser cutting," he says. The intricate flora-and-fauna-filled curtains of Dutch designer Tord Boontje, who has made florals cool to a new generation, would be virtually impossible otherwise...
...Tehrik-i-Taliban movement. The interview, which will air Friday, is a first for the commander who seems to take his PR cues from the notoriously camera-shy Mullah Omar. Mehsud was surprisingly plump, says Zaidan, but his soft, stout figure and easy camaraderie belie a powerful charisma and laser-like focus. Zaidan attributes some of Baitullah's savvy to better education and more exposure to al-Qaeda: "These militant leaders now, they are living in the eye of the storm. They learn more in one minute than the Taliban did in a year...
Retrofitting a single plane with the laser technology could cost up to $1 million (there are 6,800 U.S. jets), plus added fuel costs. Still undecided: whether the Federal Government or the airlines would foot the bill...
...small laser chip may also be used for intelligence gathering in satellites and planes by detecting whether factories are releasing toxic compounds through their smoke...
...pharmaceutical industry, the laser chip may be used to ensure that all pills conform to standards of chemical composition, rendering the current method obsolete, Belkin said...