Laserscope is also investigating procedures in plastic surgery and dermatology that could involve lasers.
Industrial problems involving lasers, solid state or quantum electronics and the development of materials to withstand exotic conditions are all interdisciplinary.
Depending on the film in question, these devices could be very outlandish, involving lasers, rockets, robotic drones and highly improbable vehicles.
The first approach might be closer to an actual demonstration, however, since the underlying technology involves lasers and a sophisticated control system.
Two existing programs that are expected to be given huge funding increases involve lasers carried by planes and satellites.
At least they left us with an awesome picture involving lasers and dinosaurs-and at least the government wasn't mandating the action.
Because that's the home of the Massachusetts General Hospital, where a futuristic surgery involving lasers is used to rescue the world's best cords.
All of it is computer-generated and none of it involves lasers.
"This doesn't involve lasers or expensive eye-tracking systems," said Arie Kaufman, a professor of computer science and one of the project's researchers.
The ritual for Fever Ray was apparently going to involve lasers.