An ingenious new laser called Waterlase adds to that the ability to cut through dry teeth and bone by casting a cloud of hot water vapor around the laser's cutting point, a couple of millimeters from the tooth.

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TechShop's overseers have, quite cannily, begun to offer up a portion of the warehouse's 17, 000 square feet as office space, giving its members a shot at some prime San Francisco real estate, a flight of stairs up from an impressive array of machine tools -- laser cutters, water jets and more 3D printers than most mortals have seen in one place.

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His device will reportedly stream damp air containing microscopic water particles through a tube, while a laser diode beams light through the vessel onto a sensor located on the opposite side.

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And as the decayed material has an extremely high water content Mr Hansen said that most of the laser's energy is absorbed by the infected tissue, which is then vaporised.

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The Cyber Lords (Aqua Trader and Emperor Neuron) and Drakon (Drakon Warchief, Laser-Arm Drakon and especially Blastforce Captain) make mono Water and Fire decks very viable.

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Different materials were handled roughly, placed in water, burnt, scoured with an abrasive cleaning pad and covered in black marker pen, but the laser was still able to read the surface fingerprint.

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When the rover zapped the powder with its laser, it turned out to be gypsum, a mineral that tends to form in bodies of water.

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