These range from microwave ovens and laser light shows to home security systems and medical imaging devices. (CDER even regulates laser pointers but not online presentation software, if ever a true risk to human health).

FORBES: If Tanning Beds Were A Drug, They'd Be Illegal

In the researchers' new imaging system, a beam of infrared laser light is widely dispersed throughout a room.

ENGADGET: Infrared holography lets rescuers see people through walls, fire, walls of fire (video)

They have built an imaging system that uses an infra-red laser to penetrate areas of thick smoke and flames.

BBC: fire fighting

Homeland security sales currently account for 48% of revenue, while medical imaging and monitoring bring in 24%, and other applications like photo sensors for industry and laser systems for the military account for 28% of business.

FORBES

We call this new imaging technology femto photography because we capture a segment of the image with a flashlight (in this case, a laser pulse) on for a few millionths of a billionth of a second (or a few femtoseconds) and an exposure time approaching a trillionth of a second.

CNN: A camera that can see around corners