Features about 'ENTERTAINMENT'

November 2012

Show stopper

Greg Blackman looks at the laser technology wowing audiences at shows from the likes of Coldplay, as well as seeing how new laser pistols used in modern pentathlon performed at this summer’s London Olympics

November 2011

The big picture

Lasers are making the leap from the laboratory to the consumer world, as Rob Coppinger discovers

October/November 2010

Light entertainment

Laser light shows have been wowing audiences at music concerts and other events for a number of years. Greg Blackman looks at the laser technology involved in these spectacular shows

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