Photonics is not only enabling the creation of sophisticated light shows, finds Jessica Rowbury, but is also helping designers test the quality of special effects

Today`s artists can use an array of optoelectronic technologies to create amazing interactive art installations. But rather than the engineering simply enabling the art, Nadya Anscombe finds out how art has also pushed the boundaries of engineering

Jessica Rowbury on how lasers are improving the viewing experience for cinema goers

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

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