An Australian company, Electro Optic Systems, has received a $3.5 million government grant to develop the world's first automated, high-precision, laser tracking technology.

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In 1987, she performed the world's first excimer laser treatment, a procedure that eliminates or reduces the need for contact lenses.

CNN: Her vision: Better, clearer sight

This advance in the realm of medicine comes, oddly enough, from the digital world of fiber optics and laser printers, courtesy of engineers and scientists at Xerox Corp.

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Later Bond villains, as part of their cat-stroking, laser-pointing, world-destroying repertoire, also had nuclear ambitions.

BBC: James Bond villains blamed for nuclear's bad image