YouTuber builds world’s most powerful handheld laser, 50,000x stronger than pointers. Story by Chris Young ... Styropyro’s new design features several high-power blue laser diodes.

Built with the blue-laser diode of a dismantled Casio projector, the $200 Spyder III Pro Arctic is the world’s most powerful portable laser. It can permanently blind you and set your skin—or ...

YouTuber Drake Anthony, who goes by “styropyro,” has created what he claims is the world’s strongest handheld laser. According to Anthony, the legal limit of a laser pointer is 5 milliwatts ...

The US test-fired its most powerful laser ever. ZEUS produced 100 times Earth’s electricity output in just 25 quintillionths of a second. By Andrew Paul. Published May 19, 2025 4:13 PM EDT.

The ZEUS laser facility at the University of Michigan has roughly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the U.S. with its first official experiment at 2 petawatts (2 quadrillion watts).

But while ZEUS is the most powerful laser in the US, it’s still less powerful than the laser at the European ELI-NP laboratory in Măgurele, Romania that peaks at 10 petawatts of power.

Given that the total annual human global power consumption is around 20 terawatts, that is 100 times as powerful. Still, it operates in pulses of just 25 quintillionths of a second long – that ...

Scientists can now snap ultra-powerful laser pulses in one shot. RAVEN reveals distortions instantly, unlocking breakthroughs ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed the nation’s most powerful laser. The latest design has nearly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the country. The team ...

The most powerful laser in the US reaches 2 petawatts, setting new records ZEUS will open new frontiers in imaging, cancer therapy, and astrophysics By Skye Jacobs May 21, 2025, 9:26 12 comments.

The handheld laser pointers you can buy at office supplies stores are legally required to be no powerful than 0.005-watts, and most fall well below that threshold so they’re relatively safe to use.