It’s pretty common knowledge that you do not shine laser pointers at aircraft, but it seems that no one told that to festival-goers at the National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico. Shocking video footage posted on TikTok shows dozens of revelers shining green laser beams at the passenger jet in what may be one of … Read more
Photo: XPeng I admit it: I love a shiny new toy. I own a Flipper Zero, I have a BambuLabs 3D printer, I’m the target market for Ooh Fancy Emergent Technology That Promises To Improve Life In Vague Inscrutable Ways. Yet, even I am on the side of the California governments trying to fight autonomous … Read more
More idiots armed with cheap laser pointers are causing dangerous distractions for pilots than ever before. Some 13,000 laser strikes were reported to the Federal Aviation Administration by pilots in 2023, up from 9,457 reports in 2022, and marking a new record high. Laser attacks on aircraft have more than tripled since 2011, in spite … Read more
