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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Plugging neatly into your smartphone headphone jack, the iPin is a super-compact laser pointer compatible with iPhone and Android phones that comes with a handy presentation control app and is ...

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 ...