Prof. Salman Rosenwaks and Dr. Boris Bermashenko, who headed the development team, said the new weapon, a chemical oxygen-iodine laser, was particularly effective, because it used nitrogen instead of helium to dilute the active materials in the laser.
The laser, which was developed mostly in the US, Russia, Japan, China, and Germany, is currently the world's leading high-power laser. While these countries develop mostly large devices (in the US, for example, a laser is developed with a continuous power supply of several megawatts), the Ben Gurion University physics department laboratories have developed a smaller device, with a one kilowatt power supply.
Truth Detection Eyeglasses
"Voice Analysis Eyeglasses" provide real-time analysis on the inside of the lenses about whoever is talking at the time, says its maker, the Israeli company Nemesysco, which developed the technology for counter-terrorism and government customers.
"A chip inside the glasses is able to read the voice frequency of the person you are talking to," said Beata Gutman, a spokeswoman for the company. "The voice is analyzed through that chip and there are lights that indicate whether the person is lying."
She said the "truth specs" were expected to be available at the end of January for $400-$500.
BGU Scientists Develop Anti-Missile Laser
A novel airborne missile interception system based on chemical laser developed by researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, is being developed in the US.
One little gadget debuting at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas claims to put truth detection voice analysis on the bridge of your nose.